How To Install ibverbs-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibverbs-utils on Kali Linux.
What is ibverbs-utils
ibverbs-utils is:
libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use RDMA “verbs” as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification and the RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification. iWARP ethernet NICs support RDMA over hardware-offloaded TCP/IP, while InfiniBand is a high-throughput, low-latency networking technology. InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) and iWARP NICs commonly support direct hardware access from userspace (kernel bypass), and libibverbs supports this when available.
This package contains useful libibverbs1 example programs such as ibv_devinfo, which displays information about InfiniBand devices.
There are three methods to install ibverbs-utils on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ibverbs-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibverbs-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ibverbs-utilsInstall ibverbs-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibverbs-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ibverbs-utilsInstall ibverbs-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ibverbs-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ibverbs-utilsHow To Uninstall ibverbs-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ibverbs-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ibverbs-utilsUninstall ibverbs-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ibverbs-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibverbs-utilsRemove ibverbs-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ibverbs-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ibverbs-utilsRemove ibverbs-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ibverbs-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibverbs-utilsDependencies
ibverbs-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibverbs-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
