How To Install librte-mbuf23 on Debian 12

Learn how to install librte-mbuf23 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librte-mbuf23 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-mbuf2 runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-mbuf23 on Debian 12.

What is librte-mbuf23

librte-mbuf23 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-mbuf.

There are three methods to install librte-mbuf23 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-mbuf23 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-mbuf23 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-mbuf23

Install librte-mbuf23 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-mbuf23 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-mbuf23

Install librte-mbuf23 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-mbuf23 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-mbuf23

How To Uninstall librte-mbuf23 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librte-mbuf23 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-mbuf23

Uninstall librte-mbuf23 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-mbuf23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-mbuf23

Remove librte-mbuf23 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-mbuf23 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-mbuf23

Remove librte-mbuf23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-mbuf23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-mbuf23

Dependencies

librte-mbuf23 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-mbuf23 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.