How To Install libvma-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvma-dev
libvma-dev is:
libvma is a LD_PRELOAD-able library that boosts performance of TCP and UDP traffic. It allows application written over standard socket API to handle fast path data traffic from user space over Ethernet and/or Infiniband with full network stack bypass and get better throughput, latency and packets/sec rate.
No application binary change is required for that. libvma is supported by RDMA capable devices that support “verbs” IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET QP for Ethernet and/or IBV_QPT_UD QP for IPoIB.
This package includes headers for building programs with libvma’s interface directly, as opposed to loading it dynamically with LD_PRELOAD.
There are three methods to install libvma-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvma-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvma-dev
Install libvma-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvma-dev
Install libvma-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvma-dev
How To Uninstall libvma-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvma-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvma-dev
Uninstall libvma-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvma-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvma-dev
Remove libvma-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvma-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvma-dev
Remove libvma-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvma-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvma-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
