How To Install dpdk-kmods-dkms on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-kmods-dkms
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dpdk-kmods-dkms
dpdk-kmods-dkms is:
DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.
This package contains the source code for the igb_uio kernel module.
There are three methods to install dpdk-kmods-dkms
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dpdk-kmods-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-kmods-dkms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dpdk-kmods-dkms
Install dpdk-kmods-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-kmods-dkms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dpdk-kmods-dkms
Install dpdk-kmods-dkms 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-kmods-dkms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dpdk-kmods-dkms
How To Uninstall dpdk-kmods-dkms on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dpdk-kmods-dkms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dpdk-kmods-dkms
Uninstall dpdk-kmods-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dpdk-kmods-dkms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpdk-kmods-dkms
Remove dpdk-kmods-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove dpdk-kmods-dkms
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dpdk-kmods-dkms
Remove dpdk-kmods-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dpdk-kmods-dkms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpdk-kmods-dkms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-kmods-dkms
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.