How To Install mininet on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet on Kali Linux. mininet is process-based network emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mininet

Remove mininet Configurations and Data

To remove mininet configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.