How To Install librte-net-pcap21 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-pcap21 on Debian 11. librte-net-pcap21 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-net-pcap runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-pcap21 on Debian 11.

What is librte-net-pcap21

librte-net-pcap21 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-pcap.

There are three methods to install librte-net-pcap21 on Debian 11. 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-pcap21 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-pcap21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-pcap21

Install librte-net-pcap21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-pcap21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-net-pcap21

Install librte-net-pcap21 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-pcap21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-pcap21

How To Uninstall librte-net-pcap21 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the librte-net-pcap21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-net-pcap21

Uninstall librte-net-pcap21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-net-pcap21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-pcap21

Remove librte-net-pcap21 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-net-pcap21 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-pcap21

Remove librte-net-pcap21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-net-pcap21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-pcap21

Dependencies

librte-net-pcap21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-pcap21 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.