How To Install libibumad on Fedora 34

libibumad is OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand umad (userspace management datagram) library OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand umad (userspace management datagram) library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad on Fedora 34.

What is `libibumad`

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. libibumad 36.0 1.fc34 x86_64 28 k rdma-core-36.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand umad (userspace management datagram) library https GPLv2 or BSD 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 or dnf to install libibumad on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libibumad.

Install libibumad 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 libibumad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libibumad

Install libibumad 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 libibumad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibumad

How To Uninstall libibumad on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libibumad

libibumad Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/3c1bd13b362fe054d3e3ab28792021b26968cc
/usr/lib/libibumad.so.3
/usr/lib/libibumad.so.3.2.34.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/09f97757031409d295609ec30218307478d0a6
/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3
/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3.2.36.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/08fffe6ad5eeff2dbd1942dcf41e0aae388b73
/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3
/usr/lib64/libibumad.so.3.2.34.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/fad60ed57671a27e1291f08c22a210e21c3fd2
/usr/lib/libibumad.so.3
/usr/lib/libibumad.so.3.2.36.0

References

[libibumad website](https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.