How To Install openvswitch-test on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-test on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-test
openvswitch-test 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 contains utilities that are useful to diagnose performance and connectivity issues in Open vSwitch setup.
Package: openvswitch-test Architecture: all Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: universe/net 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: 137 Depends: python3-twisted, python3:any Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-test_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_all.deb Size: 27776 MD5sum: b53d218e126c3080bb8daa75551c982b SHA1: d96eaa9e1d86f919ca7d7777a4cf15f7ad68a79e SHA256: 2e0e93db9442d5b56c32c360a04d7715aac4e23a0899a856ec09d85ed6ff1ab0 SHA512: 91575858d854c354ba67416bf05624b242426a23612f5931e00a3484fbee3769b711952f2b1381fad2b4d3053edcc98b4fbc998d6a3856f99b46ff0576bbe85e Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch test package 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 contains utilities that are useful to diagnose performance and connectivity issues in Open vSwitch setup.
Package: openvswitch-test Architecture: all Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/net 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: 103 Depends: python3-twisted, python3:any Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-test_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 17308 MD5sum: 77513144b223ed228fe1975688fb2b0f SHA1: d1516e9e1c67ab82da8eb82900bb9461f7c95012 SHA256: 7b4b212695115c6417b7f0e63af775b67600945d1df7603db48b5990dda631d7 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch test package 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 contains utilities that are useful to diagnose performance and connectivity issues in Open vSwitch setup.
There are three methods to install openvswitch-test 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-test 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-test using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-test
Install openvswitch-test Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-test using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-test
Install openvswitch-test 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-test using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-test
How To Uninstall openvswitch-test on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-test package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-test
Uninstall openvswitch-test And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-test and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-test
Remove openvswitch-test Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-test configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-test
Remove openvswitch-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-test configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-test
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-test package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.