How To Install libmthca1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmthca1 on Debian 9.
What is libmthca1
libmthca1 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 the loadable plug-in.
There are three methods to install libmthca1 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 libmthca1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmthca1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmthca1
Install libmthca1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmthca1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmthca1
Install libmthca1 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 libmthca1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmthca1
How To Uninstall libmthca1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmthca1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmthca1
Uninstall libmthca1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmthca1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmthca1
Remove libmthca1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmthca1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmthca1
Remove libmthca1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmthca1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmthca1
Dependencies
libmthca1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmthca1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
