How To Install librte-net-netvsc21 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-netvsc21 on Kali Linux.
What is librte-net-netvsc21
librte-net-netvsc21 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-netvsc.
There are three methods to install librte-net-netvsc21 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-netvsc21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-net-netvsc21 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-netvsc21Install librte-net-netvsc21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-net-netvsc21 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-net-netvsc21Install librte-net-netvsc21 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librte-net-netvsc21 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-netvsc21How To Uninstall librte-net-netvsc21 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librte-net-netvsc21 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-net-netvsc21Uninstall librte-net-netvsc21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-net-netvsc21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-netvsc21Remove librte-net-netvsc21 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-net-netvsc21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-netvsc21Remove librte-net-netvsc21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-net-netvsc21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-netvsc21Dependencies
librte-net-netvsc21 have the following dependencies:
- libbsd0
- libc6
- libfdt1
- libnuma1
- librte-bus-pci21
- librte-bus-vdev21
- librte-bus-vmbus21
- librte-eal21
- librte-ethdev21
- librte-kvargs21
- librte-mbuf21
- librte-mempool21
- librte-meter21
- librte-net21
- librte-pci21
- librte-ring21
- librte-telemetry21
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-netvsc21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
