How To Install openvswitch-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-common
openvswitch-common is:
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-common provides components required by both openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-testcontroller.
Package: openvswitch-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4657 Depends: openssl, python3-six, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0) Suggests: ethtool, openvswitch-doc Breaks: openvswitch-switch (« 2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: openvswitch-switch (« 2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-common_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_amd64.deb Size: 1149852 MD5sum: 675256d274a195c33ae7269c274274ca SHA1: 3dbdf1a32296d247dfccbc5dce9d876d7e0566bb SHA256: 95f15b86332b5a0c156bbc154e7a56a5f2292751858b4cda8718893d295e52a6 SHA512: 250ad348ea0a22a9bd8403f81aa274849feb4297229e395268ddf551c0ef3dfd0a73ad7b4a057affbe5aa90ac692940ee328dff167421f71ed70b9f34e9f2a72 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch common components Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-common provides components required by both openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-testcontroller.
Package: openvswitch-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4615 Depends: openssl, python3-six, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0) Suggests: ethtool, openvswitch-doc Breaks: openvswitch-switch (« 2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: openvswitch-switch (« 2.13.0~git20200212.15ae9db33-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-common_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1137076 MD5sum: 1f9433fea64c8befc153602c98de73a3 SHA1: 75c467f6cb23a3908103d17b93013fd70cd229ab SHA256: 2bb5a23e6052392a05041fbf9b437ce585e7fcc47635d6a3bfb5d8b42fcca9a2 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch common components Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-common provides components required by both openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-testcontroller.
There are three methods to install openvswitch-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openvswitch-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 openvswitch-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-common
Install openvswitch-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-common
Install openvswitch-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-common
How To Uninstall openvswitch-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-common
Uninstall openvswitch-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-common
Remove openvswitch-common Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-common
Remove openvswitch-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.