How To Install openvswitch2 on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openvswitch2

We can use yum or dnf to install openvswitch2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvswitch2.

Install openvswitch2 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 openvswitch2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openvswitch2

Install openvswitch2 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 openvswitch2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openvswitch2

How To Uninstall openvswitch2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openvswitch2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openvswitch2

openvswitch2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

References

• openvswitch2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.