How To Install puppet-module-vswitch on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-vswitch on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-vswitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-vswitchInstall puppet-module-vswitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-vswitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-module-vswitchInstall puppet-module-vswitch Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-vswitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-vswitchHow To Uninstall puppet-module-vswitch on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the puppet-module-vswitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-vswitchUninstall puppet-module-vswitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-module-vswitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-vswitchRemove puppet-module-vswitch Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-module-vswitch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-vswitchRemove 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-vswitchDependencies
puppet-module-vswitch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-vswitch package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.