How To Install mininet on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet on Debian 10.
What is mininet
mininet is:
Mininet is a network emulator which uses lightweight virtualization to create virtual networks for rapid prototyping of Software-Defined Network (SDN) designs using OpenFlow.
There are three methods to install mininet on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mininet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mininet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mininet
Install mininet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mininet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mininet
Install mininet 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mininet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mininet
How To Uninstall mininet on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mininet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mininet
Uninstall mininet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mininet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mininet
Remove mininet Configurations and Data
To remove mininet configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mininet
Remove mininet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mininet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mininet
Dependencies
mininet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
