How to Install and Uninstall mininet Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mininet" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mininet on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mininet
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mininet" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mininet on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mininet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mininet package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mininet
Version: 2.2.2-4
Installed-Size: 865
Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cgroup-bin, iperf, net-tools, socat, telnet, python-pkg-resources, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: openvswitch-switch
Description: process-based network emulator
Description-md5: b4060ada229a4da1dee98ade409bfc20
Homepage: http://mininet.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mininet/mininet_2.2.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 124592
MD5sum: 4a47c82bd39204252d0d3e18967c819a
SHA256: aa49ec960bfca7beb0c7dcf92940d3720dad4e6ccd6793339865da9b0bf6fadc