How To Install librte-mempool-stack21 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-mempool-stack21 on Kali Linux. librte-mempool-stack21 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-mempool-stack runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-mempool-stack21 on Kali Linux.

What is librte-mempool-stack21

librte-mempool-stack21 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-mempool-stack.

There are three methods to install librte-mempool-stack21 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-mempool-stack21 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-mempool-stack21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-mempool-stack21

Install librte-mempool-stack21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-mempool-stack21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-mempool-stack21

Install librte-mempool-stack21 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-mempool-stack21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-mempool-stack21

How To Uninstall librte-mempool-stack21 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librte-mempool-stack21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-mempool-stack21

Uninstall librte-mempool-stack21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-mempool-stack21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-mempool-stack21

Remove librte-mempool-stack21 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-mempool-stack21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-mempool-stack21

Remove librte-mempool-stack21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-mempool-stack21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-mempool-stack21

Dependencies

librte-mempool-stack21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-mempool-stack21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.