How To Install librte-meta-event on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-event on Kali Linux. librte-meta-event is Data Plane Development Kit (event libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-event on Kali Linux.

What is librte-meta-event

librte-meta-event 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 event libraries.

There are three methods to install librte-meta-event 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-event 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-meta-event using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-meta-event

Install librte-meta-event Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-meta-event using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-event

Install librte-meta-event 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-meta-event using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-event

How To Uninstall librte-meta-event on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librte-meta-event package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-event

Uninstall librte-meta-event And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-meta-event and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-meta-event

Remove librte-meta-event Configurations and Data

To remove librte-meta-event configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-meta-event

Remove librte-meta-event configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-meta-event configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-meta-event

Dependencies

librte-meta-event have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-event package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.