How to Install and Uninstall mininet Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mininet on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mininet" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mininet on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mininet on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mininet package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mininet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 905
Depends: cgroup-tools, iperf, net-tools, python3, socat, telnet, python3-pkg-resources, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: openvswitch-switch
Filename: pool/universe/m/mininet/mininet_2.3.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 132154
MD5sum: 54398db39615306ed308e18d3511bf3f
SHA1: 641dc327d09372853f9ed5e7d0308704e9ebf765
SHA256: 12b31432b1cfd8a9dde10ec8b576ddba83480ee5f68d43e8b6203f9d612076cd
SHA512: 9893310e27f72e0b6f6bae6c1a85f97643e0046a3392d8d13384fbc5fef941a17223ced683f67678d3e0abe8aa365381de21466b9cb2e0d361dee3cef65efa8d
Homepage: http://mininet.org/
Description: process-based network emulator
Description-md5: b4060ada229a4da1dee98ade409bfc20