How To Install infiniband-diags on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install infiniband-diags on Kali Linux.
What is infiniband-diags
infiniband-diags is:
InfiniBand is a switched fabric communications link used in high-performance computing and enterprise data centers. Its features include high throughput, low latency, quality of service and failover, and it is designed to be scalable.
This package provides diagnostic programs and scripts needed to diagnose an InfiniBand subnet.
There are three methods to install infiniband-diags on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install infiniband-diags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install infiniband-diags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install infiniband-diagsInstall infiniband-diags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install infiniband-diags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install infiniband-diagsInstall infiniband-diags Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install infiniband-diags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install infiniband-diagsHow To Uninstall infiniband-diags on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the infiniband-diags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove infiniband-diagsUninstall infiniband-diags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall infiniband-diags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove infiniband-diagsRemove infiniband-diags Configurations and Data
To remove infiniband-diags configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge infiniband-diagsRemove infiniband-diags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove infiniband-diags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge infiniband-diagsDependencies
infiniband-diags have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install infiniband-diags package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
