How To Install openvswitch-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-doc
openvswitch-doc is:
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides documentation for configuration and use of Open vSwitch.
Package: openvswitch-doc Architecture: all Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: optional Section: doc Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5509 Depends: libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 1.0) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-doc_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_all.deb Size: 992976 MD5sum: c68e2de7d018df7f02ec71ed0684a76e SHA1: 425bfc98ee67b2382cbeba42a86991c322e840f2 SHA256: d3fcaa9724801b1cfae25c645bc6651e86c91f767631bca81beef80f848c76bc SHA512: 84bfabc15a6cc532aae95c3a23edd06ec23a15f38882577c2c6b147024b98ed3066a99cf445096134219cd9c3333cb64acb04cf2b00d1a7a8b38fb9d47bce85b Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch documentation Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides documentation for configuration and use of Open vSwitch.
Package: openvswitch-doc Architecture: all Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: doc Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5474 Depends: libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 1.0) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-doc_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 982580 MD5sum: 314b9f30206be27884c752842efe1db0 SHA1: a1add26c3ebe4ef9fecdc2d30b860549fd86af44 SHA256: 9032e8db054c5f361a0ba3e2d891ca8dca22e0ac739d16c27b469c3e9372f5f0 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch documentation Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides documentation for configuration and use of Open vSwitch.
There are three methods to install openvswitch-doc 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 openvswitch-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-doc
Install openvswitch-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-doc
Install openvswitch-doc 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 openvswitch-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-doc
How To Uninstall openvswitch-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-doc
Uninstall openvswitch-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-doc
Remove openvswitch-doc Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-doc
Remove openvswitch-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.