How To Install python-ovsdbapp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ovsdbapp on Ubuntu 18.04.
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.
This package provides the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-ovsdbapp on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ovsdbapp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
