How To Install libpsm2-2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpsm2-2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpsm2-2 is Intel PSM2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsm2-2 on Debian 12.

What is libpsm2-2

libpsm2-2 is:

PSM2 is Intel’s low-level user-space communications interface for the Intel(R) OPA family of products. PSM2 users are enabled with mechanisms necessary to implement higher level communications interfaces in parallel environments.

There are three methods to install libpsm2-2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpsm2-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsm2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpsm2-2

Install libpsm2-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsm2-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpsm2-2

Install libpsm2-2 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 libpsm2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpsm2-2

How To Uninstall libpsm2-2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpsm2-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpsm2-2

Uninstall libpsm2-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpsm2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpsm2-2

Remove libpsm2-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libpsm2-2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpsm2-2

Remove libpsm2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpsm2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpsm2-2

Dependencies

libpsm2-2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsm2-2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.