How To Install libibverbs1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1 on Debian 9.
What is libibverbs1
libibverbs1 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.
For this library to be useful, a device-specific plug-in module should also be installed.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libibverbs1 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 libibverbs1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libibverbs1
Install libibverbs1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libibverbs1
Install libibverbs1 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 libibverbs1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libibverbs1
How To Uninstall libibverbs1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libibverbs1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libibverbs1
Uninstall libibverbs1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibverbs1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibverbs1
Remove libibverbs1 Configurations and Data
To remove libibverbs1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libibverbs1
Remove libibverbs1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libibverbs1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libibverbs1
Dependencies
libibverbs1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.