How To Install python3-openvswitch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openvswitch on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-openvswitch
python3-openvswitch is:
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package contains the full Python 3 bindings for Open vSwitch database.
Package: python3-openvswitch Architecture: all Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: python Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 544 Depends: python3-six, python3-sortedcontainers, python3:any Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/python3-openvswitch_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_all.deb Size: 94284 MD5sum: 5d9511b0b347ecbc1733a959341fc2fa SHA1: 1fc93366be23cc2862b7626343ae5b3097386d62 SHA256: d279fd2ed1daff7a19cf4e34fb0b3429e2a1b76c236a0fb33493361a824f35e7 SHA512: 5a1794e7286d75529f073880ffbb0b155cf4f228456cb3cc9e6d90202c703bb4c2ffdd672e43140183f4915a4ef3d28d5bbf11ade732dd8f2e517de33288e272 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Python 3 bindings for Open vSwitch Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package contains the full Python 3 bindings for Open vSwitch database.
Package: python3-openvswitch Architecture: all Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: python Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 510 Depends: python3-six, python3-sortedcontainers, python3:any Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/python3-openvswitch_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 84044 MD5sum: d1db1b43767fafbcbc3d594b054d70b1 SHA1: 8bed1b6fa6cd9aebc3acf456b955091ec2f73646 SHA256: bd3501eda670e12f10fb245f4bbd59e67f48f1aad1e7e0766c248161657fc781 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Python 3 bindings for Open vSwitch Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package contains the full Python 3 bindings for Open vSwitch database.
There are three methods to install python3-openvswitch on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-openvswitch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-openvswitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-openvswitch
Install python3-openvswitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-openvswitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-openvswitch
Install python3-openvswitch 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 python3-openvswitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-openvswitch
How To Uninstall python3-openvswitch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-openvswitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-openvswitch
Uninstall python3-openvswitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-openvswitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-openvswitch
Remove python3-openvswitch Configurations and Data
To remove python3-openvswitch configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-openvswitch
Remove python3-openvswitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-openvswitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-openvswitch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openvswitch package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.