How To Install librte-eal3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal3 on Debian 9.
What is librte-eal3
librte-eal3 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_eal.
There are three methods to install librte-eal3 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-eal3 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-eal3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-eal3
Install librte-eal3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-eal3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-eal3
Install librte-eal3 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-eal3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-eal3
How To Uninstall librte-eal3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the librte-eal3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-eal3
Uninstall librte-eal3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-eal3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-eal3
Remove librte-eal3 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-eal3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-eal3
Remove librte-eal3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-eal3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-eal3
Dependencies
librte-eal3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
