How To Install libmlx5-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx5-dev on Debian 9.
What is libmlx5-dev
libmlx5-dev is:
libmlx5 is a device-specific driver for Mellanox Connect-IB InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) for the libibverbs library. This allows userspace processes to access Mellanox HCA hardware directly with low latency and low overhead.
This package contains static versions of libmlx5 that may be linked directly to an application, which may be useful for debugging.
There are three methods to install libmlx5-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 libmlx5-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 libmlx5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlx5-dev
Install libmlx5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlx5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlx5-dev
Install libmlx5-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 libmlx5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlx5-dev
How To Uninstall libmlx5-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmlx5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlx5-dev
Uninstall libmlx5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlx5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlx5-dev
Remove libmlx5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmlx5-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlx5-dev
Remove libmlx5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlx5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlx5-dev
Dependencies
libmlx5-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlx5-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.