How To Install python3-ovsdbapp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ovsdbapp on Kali Linux.
What is python3-ovsdbapp
python3-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 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-ovsdbapp 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 python3-ovsdbapp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-ovsdbapp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ovsdbappInstall python3-ovsdbapp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-ovsdbapp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ovsdbappInstall python3-ovsdbapp 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 python3-ovsdbapp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ovsdbappHow To Uninstall python3-ovsdbapp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-ovsdbapp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ovsdbappUninstall python3-ovsdbapp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ovsdbapp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ovsdbappRemove python3-ovsdbapp Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ovsdbapp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ovsdbappRemove python3-ovsdbapp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ovsdbapp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ovsdbappDependencies
python3-ovsdbapp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ovsdbapp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
