How To Install neutron-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is neutron-common
neutron-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 python-pbr (>= 2.0.0), advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the common files.
Package: neutron-common Architecture: all Version: 2:16.0.0~b3~git2020041516.5f42488a9a-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: net Source: neutron Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Chuck Short [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 266 Depends: adduser, ipset Breaks: neutron-dhcp-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-l3-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-linuxbridge-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-macvtap-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-metadata-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-metering-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-openvswitch-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-plugin-ml2 (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-server (« 2:2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-sriov-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~) Replaces: neutron-dhcp-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-l3-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-linuxbridge-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-macvtap-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-metadata-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-metering-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-openvswitch-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-plugin-ml2 (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-server (« 2:2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~), neutron-sriov-agent (« 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu3~) Filename: pool/main/n/neutron/neutron-common_16.0.0~b3~git2020041516.5f42488a9a-0ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 35072 MD5sum: 9e81d02ad18844544af807f19b58bc50 SHA1: 52e198cfa7170c2d099e19a809a23ddf9df6e040 SHA256: bb282c7dd6994aed45f9cf09742da191d8b440319de3e7062fdab4f1b14288d6 Homepage: https://docs.openstack.org/neutron Description-en: Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack - common 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 python-pbr (>= 2.0.0), advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the common files.
There are three methods to install neutron-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 neutron-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 neutron-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-common
Install neutron-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-common
Install neutron-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 neutron-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-common
How To Uninstall neutron-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the neutron-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-common
Uninstall neutron-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-common
Remove neutron-common Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-common
Remove neutron-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
