How To Install libcxgb3-1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcxgb3-1 on Debian 9. libcxgb3-1 is Userspace driver for Chelsio T3-based iWARP adapters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcxgb3-1 on Debian 9.

What is libcxgb3-1

libcxgb3-1 is:

libcxgb3 is a device-specific driver for Chelsio T3-based iWARP (RDMA over IP/ethernet) adapters for the libibverbs library. This allows userspace processes to access Chelsio iWARP hardware directly with low latency and low overhead.

This package contains the loadable plug-in.

There are three methods to install libcxgb3-1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcxgb3-1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcxgb3-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcxgb3-1

Install libcxgb3-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcxgb3-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcxgb3-1

Install libcxgb3-1 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 libcxgb3-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcxgb3-1

How To Uninstall libcxgb3-1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcxgb3-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcxgb3-1

Uninstall libcxgb3-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcxgb3-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcxgb3-1

Remove libcxgb3-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcxgb3-1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcxgb3-1

Remove libcxgb3-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcxgb3-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcxgb3-1

Dependencies

libcxgb3-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcxgb3-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.