How To Install libibumad-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libibumad-dev
libibumad-dev is:
libibumad provides userspace Infiniband Management Datagram (uMAD) functions which sit on top of the uMAD modules in the kernel. These are used by InfiniBand diagnostic and management tools.
This package is needed to compile programs against libibumad. It contains the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
There are three methods to install libibumad-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libibumad-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libibumad-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libibumad-dev
Install libibumad-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libibumad-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libibumad-dev
Install libibumad-dev 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 libibumad-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libibumad-dev
How To Uninstall libibumad-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libibumad-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libibumad-dev
Uninstall libibumad-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibumad-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibumad-dev
Remove libibumad-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libibumad-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libibumad-dev
Remove libibumad-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libibumad-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibumad-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibumad-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.