How To Install libibcm1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcm1 on Debian 9.
What is libibcm1
libibcm1 is:
libibcm provides a userspace implementation of an InfiniBand Communication Manager (CM). The CM handles both connection establishment as well as service ID resolution.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libibcm1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libibcm1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libibcm1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libibcm1
Install libibcm1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libibcm1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libibcm1
Install libibcm1 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libibcm1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libibcm1
How To Uninstall libibcm1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libibcm1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libibcm1
Uninstall libibcm1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibcm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibcm1
Remove libibcm1 Configurations and Data
To remove libibcm1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libibcm1
Remove libibcm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libibcm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibcm1
Dependencies
libibcm1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcm1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
