How To Install puppet-module-vswitch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-vswitch on Debian 9.
What is puppet-module-vswitch
puppet-module-vswitch is:
Puppet lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system using a cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate elements normally aggregated in different files, like users, cron jobs, and hosts, along with obviously discrete elements like packages, services, and files.
This module provides things for vSwitches. At the moment OVS is the only one supported. It’s based upon types and providers so it may support more than just OVS or one vSwitch type in the future.
There are three methods to install puppet-module-vswitch on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install puppet-module-vswitch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-vswitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-vswitch
Install puppet-module-vswitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-vswitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-module-vswitch
Install puppet-module-vswitch 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 puppet-module-vswitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-vswitch
How To Uninstall puppet-module-vswitch on Debian 9
To uninstall only the puppet-module-vswitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-vswitch
Uninstall puppet-module-vswitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-module-vswitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-vswitch
Remove puppet-module-vswitch Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-module-vswitch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-vswitch
Remove puppet-module-vswitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-module-vswitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-module-vswitch
Dependencies
puppet-module-vswitch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-vswitch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.