How To Install gds-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gds-tools on Debian 12.
What is gds-tools
gds-tools is:
GPUDirect Storage (GDS) enables a direct data path for direct memory access (DMA) transfers between GPU memory and storage, which avoids a bounce buffer through the CPU.
This package contains the GDS tools.
There are three methods to install gds-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gds-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gds-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gds-tools
Install gds-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gds-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gds-tools
Install gds-tools 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 gds-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gds-tools
How To Uninstall gds-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gds-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gds-tools
Uninstall gds-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gds-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gds-tools
Remove gds-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gds-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gds-tools
Remove gds-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gds-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gds-tools
Dependencies
gds-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gds-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
