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title: Install openvswitch on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of openvswitch for Linux - Open vSwitch
url: https://snapcraft.io/openvswitch
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# openvswitch

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* [Guillaume Boutry (gboutry)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/gboutry "View all snaps from Guillaume Boutry (gboutry)")

latest/edge 2.17.0

Install latest/edge of openvswitch

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install openvswitch --edge
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

openvswitch is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* openvswitch

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 6 April 2022 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/openvswitch#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/openvswitch#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/openvswitch#tab-security)

#### Open vSwitch

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.

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## Install openvswitch on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/openvswitch/raspbian)