How To Install libmthca1-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmthca1-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libmthca1-dbg
libmthca1-dbg is:
libmthca is a device-specific driver for Mellanox 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 the debugging symbols associated with libmthca1. They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging libmthca-related issues.
There are three methods to install libmthca1-dbg 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 libmthca1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmthca1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmthca1-dbg
Install libmthca1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmthca1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmthca1-dbg
Install libmthca1-dbg 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 libmthca1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmthca1-dbg
How To Uninstall libmthca1-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmthca1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmthca1-dbg
Uninstall libmthca1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmthca1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmthca1-dbg
Remove libmthca1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libmthca1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmthca1-dbg
Remove libmthca1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmthca1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmthca1-dbg
Dependencies
libmthca1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmthca1-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.