How To Install libmlx5-1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx5-1 on Debian 9.
What is libmlx5-1
libmlx5-1 is:
libmlx5 is a device-specific driver for Mellanox Connect-IB 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 libmlx5-1 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 libmlx5-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlx5-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlx5-1
Install libmlx5-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlx5-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlx5-1
Install libmlx5-1 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 libmlx5-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlx5-1
How To Uninstall libmlx5-1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmlx5-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlx5-1
Uninstall libmlx5-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlx5-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlx5-1
Remove libmlx5-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmlx5-1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlx5-1
Remove libmlx5-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlx5-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlx5-1
Dependencies
libmlx5-1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx5-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.