How to Install and Uninstall mininet Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "mininet" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mininet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mininet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mininet
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 702
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.1-2
Depends: cgroup-bin, iperf, openvswitch-switch, socat, telnet, python-pkg-resources, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mininet/mininet_2.2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 176830
MD5sum: 0dce99aef3214f20d94f204515fb07ac
SHA1: c882602ec46de14f1e963b9dadb55ddc4541243c
SHA256: ddcaaf442dd0b43d6305b87e347e9f5d112ee58f311f44368c810dfa3402b645
Description-en: process-based network emulator
Mininet is a network emulator which uses lightweight virtualization
to create virtual networks for rapid prototyping of Software-Defined
Network (SDN) designs using OpenFlow.
Description-md5: b4060ada229a4da1dee98ade409bfc20
Homepage: http://mininet.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu