How To Install librte-eal18.11 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal18.11 on Debian 10.
What is librte-eal18.11
librte-eal18.11 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_eal.
There are three methods to install librte-eal18.11 on Debian 10. 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-eal18.11 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-eal18.11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-eal18.11
Install librte-eal18.11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-eal18.11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-eal18.11
Install librte-eal18.11 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-eal18.11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-eal18.11
How To Uninstall librte-eal18.11 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the librte-eal18.11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-eal18.11
Uninstall librte-eal18.11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-eal18.11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-eal18.11
Remove librte-eal18.11 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-eal18.11 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-eal18.11
Remove librte-eal18.11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-eal18.11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-eal18.11
Dependencies
librte-eal18.11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal18.11 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.