How to Install openvswitch-switch software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install openvswitch-switch software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

openvswitch-switch software package provides Open vSwitch switch implementations, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openvswitch-switch 

openvswitch-switch is installed in your system.

Make ensure the openvswitch-switch package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep openvswitch-switch *

You will get with openvswitch-switch package name, version, architecture and description in a table

openvswitch-switch package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package openvswitch-switch
Version 2.0.1+git20140120-0ubuntu2
Description Open vSwitch switch implementations
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove openvswitch-switch software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?