How To Install mininet on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mininet
mininet is:
Mininet is a network emulator which uses lightweight virtualization to create virtual networks for rapid prototyping of Software-Defined Network (SDN) designs using OpenFlow.
There are three methods to install mininet on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mininet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mininet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mininet
Install mininet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mininet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mininet
Install mininet 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 mininet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mininet
How To Uninstall mininet on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mininet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mininet
Uninstall mininet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mininet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mininet
Remove mininet Configurations and Data
To remove mininet configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mininet
Remove mininet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mininet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mininet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mininet package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
