How To Install librte-net-virtio21 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-virtio21 on Kali Linux. librte-net-virtio21 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte-net-virtio runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-virtio21 on Kali Linux.

What is librte-net-virtio21

librte-net-virtio21 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-virtio.

There are three methods to install librte-net-virtio21 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-virtio21 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-virtio21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-net-virtio21

Install librte-net-virtio21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-net-virtio21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-net-virtio21

Install librte-net-virtio21 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-virtio21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-net-virtio21

How To Uninstall librte-net-virtio21 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librte-net-virtio21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-net-virtio21

Uninstall librte-net-virtio21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-net-virtio21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-net-virtio21

Remove librte-net-virtio21 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-net-virtio21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-net-virtio21

Remove librte-net-virtio21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-net-virtio21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-net-virtio21

Dependencies

librte-net-virtio21 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-net-virtio21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.