How To Install librte-eal23 on Debian 12

Learn how to install librte-eal23 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librte-eal23 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-eal runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal23 on Debian 12.

What is librte-eal23

librte-eal23 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-eal23 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-eal23 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-eal23 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-eal23

Install librte-eal23 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-eal23 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-eal23

Install librte-eal23 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-eal23 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-eal23

How To Uninstall librte-eal23 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librte-eal23 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-eal23

Uninstall librte-eal23 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-eal23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-eal23

Remove librte-eal23 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-eal23 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-eal23

Remove librte-eal23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-eal23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-eal23

Dependencies

librte-eal23 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-eal23 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.