How To Install libvma9 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma9 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvma9
libvma9 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 the dynamic library itself.
There are three methods to install libvma9 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 libvma9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvma9
Install libvma9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvma9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvma9
Install libvma9 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 libvma9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvma9
How To Uninstall libvma9 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvma9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvma9
Uninstall libvma9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvma9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvma9
Remove libvma9 Configurations and Data
To remove libvma9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvma9
Remove libvma9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvma9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvma9
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvma9 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
