How To Install librte-net-atlantic21 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-atlantic21 on Debian 11. librte-net-atlantic21 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-net-atlantic runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-atlantic21 on Debian 11.

What is librte-net-atlantic21

librte-net-atlantic21 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-net-atlantic.

There are three methods to install librte-net-atlantic21 on Debian 11. 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-net-atlantic21 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-net-atlantic21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-atlantic21

Install librte-net-atlantic21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-atlantic21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-net-atlantic21

Install librte-net-atlantic21 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-net-atlantic21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-atlantic21

How To Uninstall librte-net-atlantic21 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the librte-net-atlantic21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-net-atlantic21

Uninstall librte-net-atlantic21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-net-atlantic21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-atlantic21

Remove librte-net-atlantic21 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-net-atlantic21 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-atlantic21

Remove librte-net-atlantic21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-net-atlantic21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-atlantic21

Dependencies

librte-net-atlantic21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-atlantic21 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.