How To Install libmlx4-1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx4-1 on Debian 9.
What is libmlx4-1
libmlx4-1 is:
libmlx4 is a device-specific driver for Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) for the libibverbs library. This allows userspace processes to access Mellanox HCA hardware directly with low latency and low overhead.
This package contains the loadable plug-in.
There are three methods to install libmlx4-1 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 libmlx4-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlx4-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlx4-1
Install libmlx4-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlx4-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlx4-1
Install libmlx4-1 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 libmlx4-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlx4-1
How To Uninstall libmlx4-1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmlx4-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlx4-1
Uninstall libmlx4-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlx4-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlx4-1
Remove libmlx4-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmlx4-1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlx4-1
Remove libmlx4-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlx4-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlx4-1
Dependencies
libmlx4-1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx4-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
