How To Install librte-meta-crypto on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is librte-meta-crypto

librte-meta-crypto 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 the librte crypto libraries.

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

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

Install librte-meta-crypto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-crypto

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

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-crypto

How To Uninstall librte-meta-crypto on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-crypto

Uninstall librte-meta-crypto And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove librte-meta-crypto Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

librte-meta-crypto have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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