How To Install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. dpdk-igb-uio-dkms is Data Plane Development Kit (igb uio dkms) Data Plane Development Kit (igb uio dkms) Data Plane Development Kit (igb uio dkms)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

dpdk-igb-uio-dkms is:

DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the source code for the igb_uio kernel module.

Package: dpdk-igb-uio-dkms Architecture: amd64 Version: 19.11.3-0ubuntu0.2 Priority: optional Section: universe/kernel Source: dpdk Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian DPDK Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 61 Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), libdpdk-dev (= 19.11.3-0ubuntu0.2), libelf-dev, make Filename: pool/universe/d/dpdk/dpdk-igb-uio-dkms_19.11.3-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb Size: 9692 MD5sum: ff3982725ec6544af81669aecc9d50db SHA1: 72be9f761766a9f0dc0571d123f583d38188e0c7 SHA256: 3ba243d4480b82eb0449760c94b67b0c1c1ab1bdcd84491ef42877daa75b07ea SHA512: a2c883db2fcad1a7eff4eb369af1fd2ca1e49a08642a4c8de7e5c3020e8d4c5fe38d9bf88a2a37eafa5120385d79c65ff595ee8b7c1a4e9790bcec93d8656f91 Homepage: https://www.dpdk.org Description-en: Data Plane Development Kit (igb uio dkms) DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the source code for the igb_uio kernel module.

Package: dpdk-igb-uio-dkms Architecture: amd64 Version: 19.11.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/kernel Source: dpdk Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian DPDK Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 60 Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), libdpdk-dev (= 19.11.1-0ubuntu1), libelf-dev, make Filename: pool/universe/d/dpdk/dpdk-igb-uio-dkms_19.11.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9684 MD5sum: ff503c69a1b0158992de4a9b2f14b13a SHA1: ff80c674b0a448620a8dcdd334467015620359eb SHA256: b33f7d35dc90fc0014a4863d912ff2790355d4b1cc905fd95b56ecbe6094692b Homepage: https://www.dpdk.org Description-en: Data Plane Development Kit (igb uio dkms) DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the source code for the igb_uio kernel module.

There are three methods to install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

Install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

Install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms 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 dpdk-igb-uio-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

How To Uninstall dpdk-igb-uio-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dpdk-igb-uio-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

Uninstall dpdk-igb-uio-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpdk-igb-uio-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

Remove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

Remove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dpdk-igb-uio-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpdk-igb-uio-dkms

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-igb-uio-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.