How To Install libibverbs1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1 on Kali Linux.
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 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 libibverbs1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libibverbs1Install libibverbs1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libibverbs1Install libibverbs1 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.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libibverbs1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libibverbs1How To Uninstall libibverbs1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libibverbs1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libibverbs1Uninstall libibverbs1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libibverbs1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libibverbs1Remove libibverbs1 Configurations and Data
To remove libibverbs1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libibverbs1Remove 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 libibverbs1Dependencies
libibverbs1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.