How To Install networking-mlnx-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-common on Kali Linux.

What is networking-mlnx-common

networking-mlnx-common is:

Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (such as vNICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities, including QoS, ACLs, and network monitoring.

This package provides the Mellanox plugin common files.

There are three methods to install networking-mlnx-common 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 networking-mlnx-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 networking-mlnx-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install networking-mlnx-common

Install networking-mlnx-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-mlnx-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install networking-mlnx-common

Install networking-mlnx-common 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 networking-mlnx-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install networking-mlnx-common

How To Uninstall networking-mlnx-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the networking-mlnx-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove networking-mlnx-common

Uninstall networking-mlnx-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall networking-mlnx-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove networking-mlnx-common

Remove networking-mlnx-common Configurations and Data

To remove networking-mlnx-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge networking-mlnx-common

Remove networking-mlnx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove networking-mlnx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge networking-mlnx-common

Dependencies

networking-mlnx-common have the following dependencies:

• neutron-common

References

• networking-mlnx-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.