How to Install and Uninstall openvswitch-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "openvswitch-dev" package

Learn how to install openvswitch-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                openvswitch-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "openvswitch-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall openvswitch-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: openvswitch-dev
Source: openvswitch
Version: 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 8085
Maintainer: Debian OpenStack
Architecture: amd64
Depends: openvswitch-common (>= 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1)
Description: Open vSwitch development package
Description-md5: 6996b972e2ddbcce20300a94b524e002
Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/
Section: net
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-dev_2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1456428
MD5sum: c311a6a5b6df7a52c8dbac1c514bbdfe
SHA256: 0d91c30bbaabc84c05ce38ae8f8d1dbddb400582e2271a67c211da61607e7e4e

Package: openvswitch-dev
Source: openvswitch
Version: 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-12+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 8074
Maintainer: Debian OpenStack
Architecture: amd64
Depends: openvswitch-common (>= 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-12+deb10u2)
Description: Open vSwitch development package
Description-md5: 6996b972e2ddbcce20300a94b524e002
Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-dev_2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-12+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 1454136
MD5sum: a4ab461fd27b1d1998cd345db5b2e630
SHA256: 88e60390ac0e5f1008c787dd8d5ad950402614651eee10bb6bb102441d09071d