How To Install ibacm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibacm on Debian 10.
What is ibacm
ibacm is:
The IB ACM implements and provides a framework for name, address, and route (path) resolution services over InfiniBand. It is intended to address connection setup scalability issues running MPI applications on large clusters. The IB ACM provides information needed to establish a connection, but does not implement the CM protocol. A primary user of the ibacm service is the librdmacm library.
There are three methods to install ibacm on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ibacm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ibacm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibacm
Install ibacm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ibacm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibacm
Install ibacm 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ibacm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibacm
How To Uninstall ibacm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ibacm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibacm
Uninstall ibacm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibacm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibacm
Remove ibacm Configurations and Data
To remove ibacm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibacm
Remove ibacm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibacm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibacm
Dependencies
ibacm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibacm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
