How To Install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libibverbs
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. This includes direct hardware access from userspace to InfiniBand/iWARP adapters (kernel bypass) for fast path operations. Device-specific plug-in ibverbs userspace drivers are included - libbxnt_re - libcxgb4 - libefa - libhfi1 - libhns - libi40iw - libmlx4 - libmlx5 - libqedr - librxe - libsiw - libvmw_pvrdma
We can use yum or dnf to install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libibverbs.
Install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libibverbs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libibverbs
Install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libibverbs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libibverbs
How To Uninstall libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libibverbs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libibverbs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
