How To Install libvma-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvma-utils
libvma-utils 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 contains the tool vma_stats for collecting and analyzing Libvma statistic.
There are three methods to install libvma-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvma-utils
Install libvma-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvma-utils
Install libvma-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvma-utils
How To Uninstall libvma-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvma-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvma-utils
Uninstall libvma-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvma-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvma-utils
Remove libvma-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libvma-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvma-utils
Remove libvma-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvma-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvma-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.