How To Install libosmcomp4 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libosmcomp4 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libosmcomp4 is InfiniBand subnet manager - component library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmcomp4 on Debian 10.

What is libosmcomp4

libosmcomp4 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.

There are three methods to install libosmcomp4 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmcomp4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmcomp4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmcomp4

Install libosmcomp4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmcomp4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmcomp4

Install libosmcomp4 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 libosmcomp4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmcomp4

How To Uninstall libosmcomp4 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libosmcomp4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmcomp4

Uninstall libosmcomp4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmcomp4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmcomp4

Remove libosmcomp4 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmcomp4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmcomp4

Remove libosmcomp4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmcomp4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmcomp4

Dependencies

libosmcomp4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmcomp4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.