How To Install libibverbs-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libibverbs-dev
libibverbs-dev 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 is needed to compile programs against libibverbs1. It contains the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
There are three methods to install libibverbs-dev
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 libibverbs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libibverbs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libibverbs-dev 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libibverbs-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libibverbs-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libibverbs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibverbs-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libibverbs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libibverbs-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libibverbs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libibverbs-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libibverbs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.