How To Install librte-compress-isal21 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-compress-isal21 on Debian 11.
What is librte-compress-isal21
librte-compress-isal21 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-compress-isal. The ISA-L PMD (librte-compress-isal-comp) provides poll mode compression & decompression driver support for utilizing Intel ISA-L library, which implements the deflate algorithm for both Deflate(compression) and Inflate(decompression).
There are three methods to install librte-compress-isal21 on Debian 11. 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-compress-isal21 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-compress-isal21 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-compress-isal21
Install librte-compress-isal21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-compress-isal21 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-compress-isal21
Install librte-compress-isal21 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-compress-isal21 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-compress-isal21
How To Uninstall librte-compress-isal21 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the librte-compress-isal21 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-compress-isal21
Uninstall librte-compress-isal21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-compress-isal21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-compress-isal21
Remove librte-compress-isal21 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-compress-isal21 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-compress-isal21
Remove librte-compress-isal21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-compress-isal21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-compress-isal21
Dependencies
librte-compress-isal21 have the following dependencies:
- libbsd0
- libc6
- libfdt1
- libisal2
- libnuma1
- librte-bus-vdev21
- librte-compressdev21
- librte-eal21
- librte-kvargs21
- librte-mbuf21
- librte-mempool21
- librte-ring21
- librte-telemetry21
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-compress-isal21 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.