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Quick installation of mininet:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: mininet
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install mininet
Package Details | |
| Package: | mininet |
| Version: | 2.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://openflow.org/mininet |
| Description: | 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. Homepage: http://openflow.org/mininet |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/net |
How to install mininet on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If mininet is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L mininet' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L mininet Package `mininet' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing mininet:
After system update use the following command to install mininet:
sudo apt-get install mininet
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove mininet from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the mininet from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the mininet following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove mininet
Following command is used to remove the mininet package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove mininet
This will remove mininet and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing mininet with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge mininet
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove mininet
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with mininet package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
