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