How To Install librdmacm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdmacm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librdmacm-dev
librdmacm-dev is:
librdmacm is a library that allows applications to set up reliable connected and unreliable datagram transfers when using RDMA adapters. It provides a transport-neutral interface in the sense that the same code can be used for both InfiniBand and iWARP adapters. The interface is based on sockets, but adapted for queue pair (QP) based semantics: communication must use a specific RDMA device, and data transfers are message-based.
librdmacm only provides communication management (connection setup and tear-down) and works in conjunction with the verbs interface provided by libibverbs, which provides the interface used to actually transfer data.
This package is needed to compile programs against librdmacm1. It contains the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
There are three methods to install librdmacm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librdmacm-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 librdmacm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librdmacm-dev
Install librdmacm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librdmacm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librdmacm-dev
Install librdmacm-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 librdmacm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librdmacm-dev
How To Uninstall librdmacm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librdmacm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librdmacm-dev
Uninstall librdmacm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librdmacm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdmacm-dev
Remove librdmacm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librdmacm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librdmacm-dev
Remove librdmacm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librdmacm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdmacm-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdmacm-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
