How To Install librte-ethdev5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ethdev5
on Debian 9.
What is librte-ethdev5
librte-ethdev5 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 libethdev.
There are three methods to install librte-ethdev5
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-ethdev5 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-ethdev5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-ethdev5
Install librte-ethdev5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-ethdev5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-ethdev5
Install librte-ethdev5 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-ethdev5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-ethdev5
How To Uninstall librte-ethdev5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the librte-ethdev5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-ethdev5
Uninstall librte-ethdev5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-ethdev5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-ethdev5
Remove librte-ethdev5 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-ethdev5
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-ethdev5
Remove librte-ethdev5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-ethdev5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-ethdev5
Dependencies
librte-ethdev5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ethdev5
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.