How To Install libipathverbs-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipathverbs-dev on Debian 9. libipathverbs-dev is Development files for the libipathverbs driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipathverbs-dev on Debian 9.

What is libipathverbs-dev

libipathverbs-dev is:

libipathverbs is a device-specific driver for QLogic InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) for the libibverbs library. This allows userspace processes to access QLogic HCA hardware directly with low latency and low overhead.

This package contains static versions of libipathverbs that may be linked directly to an application, which may be useful for debugging.

There are three methods to install libipathverbs-dev 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 libipathverbs-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 libipathverbs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libipathverbs-dev

Install libipathverbs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libipathverbs-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libipathverbs-dev

Install libipathverbs-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libipathverbs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipathverbs-dev

How To Uninstall libipathverbs-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libipathverbs-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipathverbs-dev

Uninstall libipathverbs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipathverbs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipathverbs-dev

Remove libipathverbs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libipathverbs-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipathverbs-dev

Remove libipathverbs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libipathverbs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipathverbs-dev

Dependencies

libipathverbs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipathverbs-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.