How To Install networking-odl-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-odl-common on Ubuntu 20.04. networking-odl-common is OpenStack Networking OpenDayLight ML2 mechanism driver OpenStack Networking OpenDayLight ML2 mechanism driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-odl-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is networking-odl-common

networking-odl-common is:

Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)

This package provides common configuration files for the OpenDayLight mechanism driver for Neutron.

Package: networking-odl-common Architecture: all Version: 1:16.0.0~b3~git2020032509.3de47a829-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: networking-odl Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: PKG OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 19 Breaks: python-networking-odl (« 1:13.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: python-networking-odl (« 1:13.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/universe/n/networking-odl/networking-odl-common_16.0.0~b3~git2020032509.3de47a829-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 4100 MD5sum: 13def522cdd5581e405fd18c7686bf15 SHA1: c696d88b6de4892b5dd6e4abec930a6753a29802 SHA256: 4f7086b264e1500627ba73b442fbe7350bfa7fd5969ba2e198b19eb0f7bc4833 Homepage: https://github.com/stackforge/networking-odl Description-en: OpenStack Networking OpenDayLight ML2 mechanism driver Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)

This package provides common configuration files for the OpenDayLight mechanism driver for Neutron.

There are three methods to install networking-odl-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install networking-odl-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-odl-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install networking-odl-common

Install networking-odl-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-odl-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install networking-odl-common

Install networking-odl-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-odl-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install networking-odl-common

How To Uninstall networking-odl-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the networking-odl-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove networking-odl-common

Uninstall networking-odl-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall networking-odl-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove networking-odl-common

Remove networking-odl-common Configurations and Data

To remove networking-odl-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge networking-odl-common

Remove networking-odl-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove networking-odl-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge networking-odl-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-odl-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.