How To Install libvma on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvma
libvma 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.
There are three methods to install libvma on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvma
Install libvma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvma
Install libvma 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvma
How To Uninstall libvma on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvma
Uninstall libvma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvma
Remove libvma Configurations and Data
To remove libvma configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvma
Remove libvma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvma
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
