How To Install librte-net-pfe23 on Debian 12

Learn how to install librte-net-pfe23 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librte-net-pfe23 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-net-pfe runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-pfe23 on Debian 12.

What is librte-net-pfe23

librte-net-pfe23 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-pfe which is The PFE NIC PMD (librte-net-pfe) provides poll mode driver support for the inbuilt NIC found in the NXP LS1012 SoC.

There are three methods to install librte-net-pfe23 on Debian 12. 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-pfe23 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-pfe23 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-pfe23

Install librte-net-pfe23 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-pfe23 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-net-pfe23

Install librte-net-pfe23 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-pfe23 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-pfe23

How To Uninstall librte-net-pfe23 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librte-net-pfe23 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-net-pfe23

Uninstall librte-net-pfe23 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-net-pfe23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-pfe23

Remove librte-net-pfe23 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-net-pfe23 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-pfe23

Remove librte-net-pfe23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-net-pfe23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-pfe23

Dependencies

librte-net-pfe23 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-pfe23 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.