How To Install openvswitch-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-dbg
openvswitch-dbg 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.
This package contains the debug symbols for all the other openvswitch-* packages. Install it to debug one of them or to examine a core dump produced by one of them. Build-Ids: 05c4767b05886ede38cec000f4c8f393428fc21f 11aa0994f1286c3d02a6873818c8a6899bac7d26 1402d96a1ff78f2206b3089411e3fd5e7dae82e8 3505ec27f15b20b0819b4961ddf4a93f9d6d9e40 42d4d0710c23d71905314303cc18c8c79afabd51 464b2561e4c9fbc657d4459fbececf91b4b21d73 4e28b4f8e14a083e8cf633f1a08e1a96711e4b6c 868ae82fdcaee3819fb834e27b9a3f9ab524799d 92c9069374379fc6f564964069a2103db3c9018b 9cfe234af10317931cddaf022e3f47911c8bb065 e68d532d3bd36dd070678f46a2c3be0001d9955e
Package: openvswitch-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: debug 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: 32062 Depends: openvswitch-common (= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4), openvswitch-switch (= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-dbg_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_amd64.deb Size: 29648952 MD5sum: 7c0b72ac72b6948ddbae78d2e154f7da SHA1: a142476d3d3748a043f0c21de94015f1431cc3d4 SHA256: cadd97431cdaca8433eb9a74604ae1ecf05d9619fc28b1ecd25566a80dd09dc5 SHA512: 95af2fed25b017116ea525159baeed2e29b8cc809743285ebf87d1c94f99bc6d56eb2fdfe5f139ec5bbbf36715b6d9a04d19e5fe84fc0725f472d177b915da79 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Debug symbols for Open vSwitch packages 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.
This package contains the debug symbols for all the other openvswitch-* packages. Install it to debug one of them or to examine a core dump produced by one of them. Build-Ids: 3fe99f1bc92853c1a638a4c225de666902f913d2 5c516b56ec6e1f7813bf3b4618bdaad6a139bbe2 671643b679d57c3392c36c3112ccb2036c915ec7 782546f3fbaae9186fe1788865774fbdb23b2254 a58c7b7e9912952b210d1d3f259350939b359968 a7a837686e8c714dc287045b932b6c1c9579b8d7 b8ba6fcbecd7da4473648e89d71ce73d440e55a4 cc8dfad882c7abd2bfa43545c60ab0d7241d20b7 daf3db01c26b8edcca8998b2fd940babc626ef8f dff16490e78356d387090a67a717c0eefbf7a0c9 ebe79f59bf4110a0770e8454d626ff8e4ec06b9f
Package: openvswitch-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: debug 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: 31995 Depends: openvswitch-common (= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1), openvswitch-switch (= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-dbg_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 29625052 MD5sum: 576cddfd9bea9e4bea3adaa369f0b606 SHA1: cefdd949dbd982e0509f5cec272c5927ed837738 SHA256: 8f699f1d9380ad015629c88f4f794cee2051f24466a102fe2ce88ae2d172623a Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Debug symbols for Open vSwitch packages 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.
This package contains the debug symbols for all the other openvswitch-* packages. Install it to debug one of them or to examine a core dump produced by one of them. Build-Ids: 055eb3c71f4f754e69c97f207c0dbfd0d8592e39 1d31deb64bbd8ae7ef1cb004b03584ea5229b26c 3199bb465c37c848eba6b1bdab280572f8adda43 4a17eaa4dca4f9beca7d86b276953170f94097db 5205301fd1f7ca60eb01ce5472060e8f849b32f8 59849df6f1fed3c9c68181c583cbd676af64472a 7c919db4e57bc411590e4769c8a06662d8e8c84d 7c91a080e5e6a616c10b83ab4c4db6b86e431c75 7dda667b4ac0b59bfecc2d1a0e7647c769118e40 e851acc07aa57bc55bf08c58fa7717985e1eaaec fe618da937c4bfe9c54302d7e26c6eb44ae581fc
There are three methods to install openvswitch-dbg 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-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-dbg
Install openvswitch-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-dbg
Install openvswitch-dbg 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-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-dbg
How To Uninstall openvswitch-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-dbg
Uninstall openvswitch-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-dbg
Remove openvswitch-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-dbg
Remove openvswitch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.