How To Install libopensm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopensm-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libopensm-dev
libopensm-dev is:
OpenSM provides an implementation of an InfiniBand Subnet Manager (SM) and Administrator (SA). One Subnet Manager is required to run on each InfiniBand subnet in order to initialize the InfiniBand hardware.
This package contains the header files for compiling applications against libopensm.
There are three methods to install libopensm-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopensm-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 libopensm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopensm-dev
Install libopensm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopensm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopensm-dev
Install libopensm-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopensm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopensm-dev
How To Uninstall libopensm-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libopensm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopensm-dev
Uninstall libopensm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopensm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopensm-dev
Remove libopensm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopensm-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopensm-dev
Remove libopensm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopensm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopensm-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopensm-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.