How To Install networking-mlnx-eswitchd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
on Debian 11.
What is networking-mlnx-eswitchd
networking-mlnx-eswitchd is:
Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Mellanox eswitchd.
There are three methods to install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
on Debian 11. 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-eswitchd 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-eswitchd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Install networking-mlnx-eswitchd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Install networking-mlnx-eswitchd 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 networking-mlnx-eswitchd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
How To Uninstall networking-mlnx-eswitchd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the networking-mlnx-eswitchd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Uninstall networking-mlnx-eswitchd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall networking-mlnx-eswitchd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Remove networking-mlnx-eswitchd Configurations and Data
To remove networking-mlnx-eswitchd
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Remove networking-mlnx-eswitchd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove networking-mlnx-eswitchd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge networking-mlnx-eswitchd
Dependencies
networking-mlnx-eswitchd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-eswitchd
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.