How To Install libibverbs1-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1-dbg
on Debian 9.
What is libibverbs1-dbg
libibverbs1-dbg is:
libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use RDMA “verbs” as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification and the RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification. iWARP ethernet NICs support RDMA over hardware-offloaded TCP/IP, while InfiniBand is a high-throughput, low-latency networking technology. InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) and iWARP NICs commonly support direct hardware access from userspace (kernel bypass), and libibverbs supports this when available.
This package contains the debugging symbols associated with libibverbs1. They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging libibverbs-related issues.
There are three methods to install libibverbs1-dbg
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 libibverbs1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libibverbs1-dbg
Install libibverbs1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libibverbs1-dbg
Install libibverbs1-dbg 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 libibverbs1-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libibverbs1-dbg
How To Uninstall libibverbs1-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libibverbs1-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libibverbs1-dbg
Uninstall libibverbs1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibverbs1-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibverbs1-dbg
Remove libibverbs1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libibverbs1-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libibverbs1-dbg
Remove libibverbs1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libibverbs1-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibverbs1-dbg
Dependencies
libibverbs1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1-dbg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.