How to Install and Uninstall openvswitch-switch Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the openvswitch-switch on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "openvswitch-switch" package

Learn how to install openvswitch-switch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall openvswitch-switch on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                openvswitch-switch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openvswitch-switch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: openvswitch-switch
Source: openvswitch
Version: 3.1.0-2
Installed-Size: 8194
Maintainer: Debian OpenStack
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: openvswitch-common (<< 2.17~)
Depends: kmod | module-init-tools, netbase, openvswitch-common (= 3.1.0-2), procps, python3-netifaces, python3-openvswitch (>= 3.1.0-2), uuid-runtime, python3:any, libbpf1 (>= 1:0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0), libxdp1 (>= 1.2.9~)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Breaks: openvswitch-common (<< 2.17~)
Description: Open vSwitch switch implementations
Description-md5: ff569939b14d8f902d88039019fdf3ae
Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-switch_3.1.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1693372
MD5sum: 5b0b2eb5600582a2543a93f97f112b54
SHA256: caf9ce2ecfc9e9d082fa09d889888a2c425ab1f7ddfc62525220fcf860d3293a