How To Install librte-ethdev21 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ethdev21 on Kali Linux.
What is librte-ethdev21
librte-ethdev21 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 libethdev.
There are three methods to install librte-ethdev21 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 librte-ethdev21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-ethdev21 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-ethdev21Install librte-ethdev21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-ethdev21 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-ethdev21Install librte-ethdev21 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-ethdev21 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-ethdev21How To Uninstall librte-ethdev21 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librte-ethdev21 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-ethdev21Uninstall librte-ethdev21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-ethdev21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-ethdev21Remove librte-ethdev21 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-ethdev21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-ethdev21Remove librte-ethdev21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-ethdev21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-ethdev21Dependencies
librte-ethdev21 have the following dependencies:
- libbsd0
- libc6
- libfdt1
- libnuma1
- librte-eal21
- librte-kvargs21
- librte-mbuf21
- librte-mempool21
- librte-meter21
- librte-net21
- librte-ring21
- librte-telemetry21
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ethdev21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
