How To Install librte-meta-baseband on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-baseband on Kali Linux.
What is librte-meta-baseband
librte-meta-baseband is:
DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.
This is a metapackage to pull in all the librte baseband libraries.
There are three methods to install librte-meta-baseband on Kali Linux. 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-meta-baseband Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-meta-baseband using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-meta-basebandInstall librte-meta-baseband Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-meta-baseband using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-meta-basebandInstall librte-meta-baseband Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-meta-baseband using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-basebandHow To Uninstall librte-meta-baseband on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librte-meta-baseband package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-basebandUninstall librte-meta-baseband And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-meta-baseband and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-meta-basebandRemove librte-meta-baseband Configurations and Data
To remove librte-meta-baseband configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-meta-basebandRemove librte-meta-baseband configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-meta-baseband configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-meta-basebandDependencies
librte-meta-baseband have the following dependencies:
- librte-baseband-acc100-21
- librte-baseband-fpga-5gnr-fec21
- librte-baseband-fpga-lte-fec21
- librte-baseband-null21
- librte-baseband-turbo-sw21
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-baseband package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
