How To Install vdeplug on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdeplug on Ubuntu.
What is vdeplug
vdeplug is:
VDE provides a versatile support to create Ethernet compliant virtual networks. The vdeplug library, like an ethernet plug, can be used to connect virtual machines, namespaces, IoTh (Internet of Threads) processes or VDE utility commands to virtual networks.
This library uses plug-ins to support several VDE implementations and to be open to new developments in virtual networking.
Several plugins are included as standard extensions of the library, e.g.:
- vde: connect to legacy vde_switch (provided by vde2) or to virtual networking sockets, see below
- vxvde: this plug-in implements distributed virtual switches (implementation of a Local Area Cloud)
- tap: connect to a tuntap interface
- udp: udp tunnelling
- ptp: point to point connection
- vxlan: the plug becomes a vxlan’s VTEP
- cmd: stream the network flow to a command A plug can provide virtual networking sockets where other plug can be connected (using the vde plugin)
- hub: the plug implements a hub
- switch: the plug implements a switch
This package contains some utility tools for VDE including vde_plug.
There are three methods to install vdeplug on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vdeplug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdeplug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdeplug
Install vdeplug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdeplug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdeplug
Install vdeplug Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vdeplug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdeplug
How To Uninstall vdeplug on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vdeplug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdeplug
Uninstall vdeplug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdeplug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdeplug
Remove vdeplug Configurations and Data
To remove vdeplug configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdeplug
Remove vdeplug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdeplug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdeplug
Dependencies
vdeplug have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdeplug package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.