How To Install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nmstate-plugin-ovsdb

This package contains the nmstate plugin for OVS database manipulation.

We can use yum or dnf to install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb.

Install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb

Install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb

How To Uninstall nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nmstate-plugin-ovsdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nmstate-plugin-ovsdb

nmstate-plugin-ovsdb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/libnmstate/plugins/__pycache__/nmstate_plugin_ovsdb.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/libnmstate/plugins/__pycache__/nmstate_plugin_ovsdb.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/libnmstate/plugins/nmstate_plugin_ovsdb.py

References

• nmstate-plugin-ovsdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmstate-plugin-ovsdb on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.