How To Install libibumad-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libibumad-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libibumad-dev is Development files for libibumad

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad-dev on Debian 10.

What is libibumad-dev

libibumad-dev is:

libibumad provides userspace Infiniband Management Datagram (uMAD) functions which sit on top of the uMAD modules in the kernel. These are used by InfiniBand diagnostic and management tools.

This package is needed to compile programs against libibumad. It contains the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.

There are three methods to install libibumad-dev 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 libibumad-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libibumad-dev

Install libibumad-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libibumad-dev

Install libibumad-dev 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 libibumad-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libibumad-dev

How To Uninstall libibumad-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libibumad-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libibumad-dev

Uninstall libibumad-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibumad-dev

Remove libibumad-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libibumad-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libibumad-dev

Remove libibumad-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibumad-dev

Dependencies

libibumad-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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