How To Install libosmcomp5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmcomp5 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmcomp5

libosmcomp5 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 libosmcomp5 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmcomp5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmcomp5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmcomp5

Install libosmcomp5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmcomp5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmcomp5

Install libosmcomp5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmcomp5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmcomp5

How To Uninstall libosmcomp5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmcomp5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmcomp5

Uninstall libosmcomp5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmcomp5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmcomp5

Remove libosmcomp5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmcomp5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmcomp5

Remove libosmcomp5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmcomp5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmcomp5

Dependencies

libosmcomp5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libosmcomp5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmcomp5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.