How To Install librte-cmdline2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-cmdline2 on Debian 9.
What is librte-cmdline2
librte-cmdline2 is:
DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.
This package contains the runtime libraries for librte_cmdline.
There are three methods to install librte-cmdline2 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 librte-cmdline2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-cmdline2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-cmdline2
Install librte-cmdline2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-cmdline2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-cmdline2
Install librte-cmdline2 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 librte-cmdline2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-cmdline2
How To Uninstall librte-cmdline2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the librte-cmdline2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-cmdline2
Uninstall librte-cmdline2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-cmdline2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-cmdline2
Remove librte-cmdline2 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-cmdline2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-cmdline2
Remove librte-cmdline2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-cmdline2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-cmdline2
Dependencies
librte-cmdline2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-cmdline2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
