How To Install libibverbs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libibverbs.x86_64 is A library and drivers for direct userspace use of RDMA

Introduction

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

What is `libibverbs.x86_64`

libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use RDMA “verbs” as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification and the RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification. This includes direct hardware access from userspace to InfiniBand/iWARP adapters (kernel bypass) for fast path operations. Device-specific plug-in ibverbs userspace drivers are included - libcxgb4 - libhfi1 - libhns - libi40iw - libipathverbs - libmlx4 - libmlx5 - libmthca - libocrdma - libqedr - librxe - libsiw - libvmw_pvrdma

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

Install libibverbs.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 libibverbs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibverbs.x86_64

How To Uninstall libibverbs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libibverbs.x86_64

libibverbs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/libibverbs.d
/etc/libibverbs.d/bnxt_re.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/cxgb4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/efa.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hfi1verbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hns.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/i40iw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ipathverbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx5.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mthca.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ocrdma.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/qedr.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/rxe.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/siw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/vmw_pvrdma.driver
/usr/lib64/libibverbs
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libbnxt_re-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libcxgb4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libefa-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhfi1verbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhns-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libi40iw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libipathverbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx5-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmthca-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libocrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libqedr-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/librxe-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libsiw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libvmw_pvrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1.0.35.0
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1.19.35.0
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/libibverbs.md

References

libibverbs.x86_64 website

Summary

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