How To Install librpmem1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem1 on Kali Linux. librpmem1 is Persistent Memory remote access support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem1 on Kali Linux.

What is librpmem1

librpmem1 is:

librpmem provides low-level support for remote access to persistent memory (pmem) utilizing RDMA-capable RNICs. The library can be used to replicate remotely a memory region over RDMA protocol. It utilizes appropriate persistency mechanism based on remote node??s platform capabilities. The librpmem utilizes the ssh client to authenticate a user on remote node and for encryption of connection??s out-of-band configuration data.

This library is for applications that use remote persistent memory directly, without the help of any library-supplied transactions or memory allocation. Higher-level libraries that build on libpmem are available and are recommended for most applications.

There are three methods to install librpmem1 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 librpmem1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmem1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librpmem1

Install librpmem1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmem1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librpmem1

Install librpmem1 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 librpmem1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librpmem1

How To Uninstall librpmem1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librpmem1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librpmem1

Uninstall librpmem1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librpmem1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmem1

Remove librpmem1 Configurations and Data

To remove librpmem1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librpmem1

Remove librpmem1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librpmem1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmem1

Dependencies

librpmem1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.