How To Install ibsim on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibsim on Fedora 34.
What is ibsim
ibsim provides simulation of infiniband fabric for using with OFA OpenSM, diagnostic and management tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install ibsim on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ibsim.
Install ibsim on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ibsim using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ibsim
Install ibsim on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ibsim using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ibsim
How To Uninstall ibsim on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ibsim package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ibsim
ibsim Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ibsim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/9ed8034f959ac7b4029b799e7b6b0c1280a50f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/0afac8d7fb262003ceb3b02137ebc33202b364
/usr/lib64/umad2sim
/usr/lib64/umad2sim/libumad2sim.so
/usr/share/doc/ibsim
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/README
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/TODO
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/examples.README
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/net
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/net.1
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/net.2sw2path
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/net.2sw2path4hca
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/net-examples/net.2sw2path4hca2port
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/scripts
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/scripts/run_opensm.sh
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/scripts/travis-build
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/scripts/travis-checkpatch
/usr/share/doc/ibsim/scripts/travis-runtest
/usr/share/licenses/ibsim
/usr/share/licenses/ibsim/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibsim on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.