How To Install Ovs-vsctl?

How To Install Ovs-vsctl?

ovs-vsctl

Production Quality, Multilayer Open Virtual Switch

Maintainer: Debian OpenStack



Section: net

Install ovs-vsctl

  • Debian apt-get install openvswitch-common Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install openvswitch-dbg Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add openvswitch Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S openvswitch Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install openvswitch-common Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install openvswitch Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install openvswitch Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install openvswitch-dbg Click to copy

openvswitch

Production Quality, Multilayer Open Virtual Switch

openvswitch-switch

Open vSwitch switch implementations

Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus 1000V. openvswitch-switch provides the userspace components and utilities for the Open vSwitch kernel-based switch.

openvswitch-dbg

Debug symbols for Open vSwitch packages

Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus 1000V. This package contains the debug symbols for all the other openvswitch-* packages. Install it to debug one of them or to examine a core dump produced by one of them.

openvswitch-common

Open vSwitch common components

Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus 1000V. openvswitch-common provides components required by both openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-testcontroller.

Installation of latest ovs-vsctl command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora and Raspbian. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.