How To Install python-ryu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ryu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ryu
python-ryu is:
Ryu is a component-based software defined networking framework. Ryu provides software components with well defined API that make it easy for developers to create new network management and control applications. Ryu supports various protocols for managing network devices, such as OpenFlow, Netconf, OF-config, etc. About OpenFlow, Ryu supports fully 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and Nicira Extensions.
This package provides the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-ryu 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-ryu 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-ryu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ryu
Install python-ryu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ryu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ryu
Install python-ryu 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-ryu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ryu
How To Uninstall python-ryu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ryu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ryu
Uninstall python-ryu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ryu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ryu
Remove python-ryu Configurations and Data
To remove python-ryu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ryu
Remove python-ryu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ryu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ryu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ryu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
