How To Install libipathverbs-dev on Debian 9
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.