How To Install librte-meta-mempool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is librte-meta-mempool

librte-meta-mempool 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 mempool libraries.

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

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

Install librte-meta-mempool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-mempool

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

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-mempool

How To Uninstall librte-meta-mempool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-mempool

Uninstall librte-meta-mempool And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove librte-meta-mempool Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

librte-meta-mempool have the following dependencies:

• librte-mempool-bucket21
• librte-mempool-dpaa2-21
• librte-mempool-dpaa21
• librte-mempool-octeontx2-21
• librte-mempool-octeontx21
• librte-mempool-ring21
• librte-mempool-stack21

References

• librte-meta-mempool website

Summary

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