How To Install libosmvendor4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmvendor4 on Debian 9. libosmvendor4 is InfiniBand subnet manager - vendor library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmvendor4 on Debian 9.

What is libosmvendor4

libosmvendor4 is:

OpenSM provides an implementation of an InfiniBand Subnet Manager (SM) and Administrator (SA). One Subnet Manager is required to run on each InfiniBand subnet in order to initialize the InfiniBand hardware.

There are three methods to install libosmvendor4 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 libosmvendor4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmvendor4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmvendor4

Install libosmvendor4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmvendor4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmvendor4

Install libosmvendor4 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 libosmvendor4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmvendor4

How To Uninstall libosmvendor4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libosmvendor4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmvendor4

Uninstall libosmvendor4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmvendor4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmvendor4

Remove libosmvendor4 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmvendor4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmvendor4

Remove libosmvendor4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmvendor4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmvendor4

Dependencies

libosmvendor4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmvendor4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.