How To Install libosmvendor5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmvendor5 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmvendor5

libosmvendor5 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 libosmvendor5 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 libosmvendor5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmvendor5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmvendor5

Install libosmvendor5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmvendor5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmvendor5

Install libosmvendor5 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 libosmvendor5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmvendor5

How To Uninstall libosmvendor5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmvendor5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmvendor5

Uninstall libosmvendor5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmvendor5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmvendor5

Remove libosmvendor5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmvendor5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmvendor5

Remove libosmvendor5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmvendor5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmvendor5

Dependencies

libosmvendor5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libibumad3
• libopensm9
• libosmcomp5

References

• libosmvendor5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmvendor5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.