How To Install vde-switch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vde-switch
on Debian 12.
What is vde-switch
vde-switch is:
VDE is a virtual switch that can connect multiple virtual machines together, both local and remote.
Components of the VDE architecture are VDE switches (virtual counterpart of ethernet switches) and VDE cables (virtual counterpart of a crossed-cable used to connect two switches).
This package contains vde_switch, the vde virtual switch
There are three methods to install vde-switch
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vde-switch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vde-switch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vde-switch
Install vde-switch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vde-switch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vde-switch
Install vde-switch 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 vde-switch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vde-switch
How To Uninstall vde-switch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vde-switch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vde-switch
Uninstall vde-switch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vde-switch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vde-switch
Remove vde-switch Configurations and Data
To remove vde-switch
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vde-switch
Remove vde-switch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vde-switch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vde-switch
Dependencies
vde-switch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vde-switch
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.