How To Install libibdm1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libibdm1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libibdm1 is InfiniBand network diagnostic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibdm1 on Debian 10.

What is libibdm1

libibdm1 is:

This package contains a library for building tools useful for diagnosing and testing InfiniBand based networks.

There are three methods to install libibdm1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libibdm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libibdm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libibdm1

Install libibdm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libibdm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libibdm1

Install libibdm1 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 libibdm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libibdm1

How To Uninstall libibdm1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libibdm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libibdm1

Uninstall libibdm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libibdm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibdm1

Remove libibdm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libibdm1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libibdm1

Remove libibdm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libibdm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibdm1

Dependencies

libibdm1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibdm1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.