How To Install librte-net-bond21 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-bond21 on Kali Linux. librte-net-bond21 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-net-bond runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-bond21 on Kali Linux.

What is librte-net-bond21

librte-net-bond21 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-net-bond.

There are three methods to install librte-net-bond21 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-net-bond21 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-net-bond21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-bond21

Install librte-net-bond21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-bond21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-net-bond21

Install librte-net-bond21 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-net-bond21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-bond21

How To Uninstall librte-net-bond21 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librte-net-bond21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-net-bond21

Uninstall librte-net-bond21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-net-bond21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-bond21

Remove librte-net-bond21 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-net-bond21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-bond21

Remove librte-net-bond21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-net-bond21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-bond21

Dependencies

librte-net-bond21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-bond21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.