How To Install librdmacm1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdmacm1 on Kali Linux. librdmacm1 is Library for managing RDMA connections

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdmacm1 on Kali Linux.

What is librdmacm1

librdmacm1 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 contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install librdmacm1 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 librdmacm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librdmacm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librdmacm1

Install librdmacm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librdmacm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librdmacm1

Install librdmacm1 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 librdmacm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librdmacm1

How To Uninstall librdmacm1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librdmacm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librdmacm1

Uninstall librdmacm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librdmacm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdmacm1

Remove librdmacm1 Configurations and Data

To remove librdmacm1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librdmacm1

Remove librdmacm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librdmacm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdmacm1

Dependencies

librdmacm1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdmacm1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.