How To Install librte-meta-allpmds on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-meta-allpmds on Kali Linux. librte-meta-allpmds is Data Plane Development Kit (all poll mode drivers)

Introduction

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

What is librte-meta-allpmds

librte-meta-allpmds 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 poll mode drivers produced by DPDK.

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

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

Install librte-meta-allpmds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-allpmds

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

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-allpmds

How To Uninstall librte-meta-allpmds on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-allpmds

Uninstall librte-meta-allpmds And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove librte-meta-allpmds Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

librte-meta-allpmds have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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