How To Install librpma-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install librpma-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librpma-dev is remote pmem access library (headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpma-dev on Debian 12.

What is librpma-dev

librpma-dev is:

The Remote Persistent Memory Access (RPMA) is a C library to simplify accessing persistent memory devices on remote hosts over Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA).

This package includes development headers and documentation.

There are three methods to install librpma-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librpma-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 librpma-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librpma-dev

Install librpma-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librpma-dev

Install librpma-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 librpma-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librpma-dev

How To Uninstall librpma-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librpma-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librpma-dev

Uninstall librpma-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librpma-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpma-dev

Remove librpma-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librpma-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librpma-dev

Remove librpma-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpma-dev

Dependencies

librpma-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpma-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.