How To Install libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libibumad.x86_64 is OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand umad (userspace management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libibumad.x86_64

libibumad provides the userspace management datagram (umad) library functions, which sit on top of the umad modules in the kernel. These are used by the IB diagnostic and management tools, including OpenSM.

We can use yum to install libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libibumad.x86_64.

Install libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libibumad.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibumad.x86_64

How To Uninstall libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libibumad.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libibumad.x86_64

libibumad.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3
/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3.2.35.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.