How To Install librte-meta-all on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-all on Kali Linux. librte-meta-all is Data Plane Development Kit (all sub-libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-all on Kali Linux.

What is librte-meta-all

librte-meta-all is:

DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This is a metapackage to pull in all librte libraries produced by DPDK.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librte-meta-all

Install librte-meta-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-all

Install librte-meta-all 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-meta-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-all

How To Uninstall librte-meta-all on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-all

Uninstall librte-meta-all And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-meta-all

Remove librte-meta-all Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-meta-all

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-meta-all

Dependencies

librte-meta-all have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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