How To Install librte-pmd-ring2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-pmd-ring2 on Debian 9.
What is librte-pmd-ring2
librte-pmd-ring2 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_pmd_ring.
There are three methods to install librte-pmd-ring2 on Debian 9. 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-pmd-ring2 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-pmd-ring2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librte-pmd-ring2
Install librte-pmd-ring2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librte-pmd-ring2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librte-pmd-ring2
Install librte-pmd-ring2 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-pmd-ring2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librte-pmd-ring2
How To Uninstall librte-pmd-ring2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the librte-pmd-ring2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librte-pmd-ring2
Uninstall librte-pmd-ring2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librte-pmd-ring2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-pmd-ring2
Remove librte-pmd-ring2 Configurations and Data
To remove librte-pmd-ring2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librte-pmd-ring2
Remove librte-pmd-ring2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librte-pmd-ring2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-pmd-ring2
Dependencies
librte-pmd-ring2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-pmd-ring2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.