How To Install python-ovsdbapp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ovsdbapp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ovsdbapp is library for creating OVSDB applications - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ovsdbapp on Debian 10.

What is python-ovsdbapp

python-ovsdbapp is:

The ovdsbapp library is useful for creating applications that communicate via Open vSwitch’s OVSDB protocol (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047). It wraps the Python ‘ovs’ and adds an event loop and friendly transactions. It features an thread-based event loop for using ovs.db.Idl, transaction support, native OVSDB communication.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-ovsdbapp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-ovsdbapp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-ovsdbapp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-ovsdbapp

Install python-ovsdbapp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-ovsdbapp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-ovsdbapp

Install python-ovsdbapp 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 python-ovsdbapp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-ovsdbapp

How To Uninstall python-ovsdbapp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-ovsdbapp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-ovsdbapp

Uninstall python-ovsdbapp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-ovsdbapp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ovsdbapp

Remove python-ovsdbapp Configurations and Data

To remove python-ovsdbapp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ovsdbapp

Remove python-ovsdbapp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-ovsdbapp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ovsdbapp

Dependencies

python-ovsdbapp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ovsdbapp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.