How To Install vdetelweb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdetelweb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdetelweb
vdetelweb is:
vdetelweb creates a telnet and/or a web interface to a running VDE 2.x switch. The switch may then be managed via a telnet connection or a web browser.
vdetelweb depends on the LWIPv6 network stack.
vdetelweb, along with VDE, is part of the Virtual Square project: http://wiki.virtualsquare.org
There are three methods to install vdetelweb 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 vdetelweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdetelweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdetelweb
Install vdetelweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdetelweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdetelweb
Install vdetelweb 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 vdetelweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdetelweb
How To Uninstall vdetelweb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdetelweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdetelweb
Uninstall vdetelweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdetelweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdetelweb
Remove vdetelweb Configurations and Data
To remove vdetelweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdetelweb
Remove vdetelweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdetelweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdetelweb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdetelweb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
