How To Install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms on Debian 10

Learn how to install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dpdk-rte-kni-dkms is Data Plane Development Kit (rte kni dkms)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms on Debian 10.

What is dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

dpdk-rte-kni-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 rte_kni kernel module.

There are three methods to install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms 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 dpdk-rte-kni-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-rte-kni-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Install dpdk-rte-kni-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

How To Uninstall dpdk-rte-kni-dkms on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dpdk-rte-kni-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Uninstall dpdk-rte-kni-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpdk-rte-kni-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Remove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Remove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dpdk-rte-kni-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpdk-rte-kni-dkms

Dependencies

dpdk-rte-kni-dkms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-rte-kni-dkms package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.