How To Install librte-bpf23 on Debian 12

Learn how to install librte-bpf23 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librte-bpf23 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-bpf runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-bpf23 on Debian 12.

What is librte-bpf23

librte-bpf23 is:

DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the runtime libraries for librte-bpf.

The DPDK provides an BPF library that gives the ability to load and execute Enhanced Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) bytecode within user-space dpdk application.

There are three methods to install librte-bpf23 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 librte-bpf23 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-bpf23 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-bpf23

Install librte-bpf23 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-bpf23 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-bpf23

Install librte-bpf23 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 librte-bpf23 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-bpf23

How To Uninstall librte-bpf23 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librte-bpf23 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-bpf23

Uninstall librte-bpf23 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-bpf23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-bpf23

Remove librte-bpf23 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-bpf23 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-bpf23

Remove librte-bpf23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-bpf23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-bpf23

Dependencies

librte-bpf23 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-bpf23 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.