How To Install libipathverbs1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipathverbs1 on Debian 9.
What is libipathverbs1
libipathverbs1 is:
libipathverbs is a device-specific driver for QLogic InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) for the libibverbs library. This allows userspace processes to access QLogic HCA hardware directly with low latency and low overhead.
This package contains the loadable plug-in.
There are three methods to install libipathverbs1 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 libipathverbs1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libipathverbs1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipathverbs1
Install libipathverbs1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipathverbs1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipathverbs1
Install libipathverbs1 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 libipathverbs1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipathverbs1
How To Uninstall libipathverbs1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libipathverbs1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipathverbs1
Uninstall libipathverbs1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipathverbs1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipathverbs1
Remove libipathverbs1 Configurations and Data
To remove libipathverbs1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipathverbs1
Remove libipathverbs1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipathverbs1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipathverbs1
Dependencies
libipathverbs1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipathverbs1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
