How To Install ovn-central on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovn-central
on Debian 12.
What is ovn-central
ovn-central is:
OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups.
ovn-central provides the userspace daemons, utilities and databases for OVN that is run at a central location.
There are three methods to install ovn-central
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ovn-central Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ovn-central
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ovn-central
Install ovn-central Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ovn-central
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ovn-central
Install ovn-central 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ovn-central
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ovn-central
How To Uninstall ovn-central on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ovn-central
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ovn-central
Uninstall ovn-central And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ovn-central
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ovn-central
Remove ovn-central Configurations and Data
To remove ovn-central
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ovn-central
Remove ovn-central configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ovn-central
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ovn-central
Dependencies
ovn-central have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovn-central
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.