How To Install neutron-vpnaas-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-vpnaas-common on Kali Linux. neutron-vpnaas-common is OpenStack virtual network service - VPNaaS common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-vpnaas-common on Kali Linux.

What is neutron-vpnaas-common

neutron-vpnaas-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 Neutron VPNaaS common files like configuration.

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

sudo apt-get -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

Install neutron-vpnaas-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

Install neutron-vpnaas-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 neutron-vpnaas-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

How To Uninstall neutron-vpnaas-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the neutron-vpnaas-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove neutron-vpnaas-common

Uninstall neutron-vpnaas-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-vpnaas-common

Remove neutron-vpnaas-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-vpnaas-common

Remove neutron-vpnaas-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-vpnaas-common

Dependencies

neutron-vpnaas-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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