How To Install librte-ring1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ring1 on Debian 9. librte-ring1 is Data Plane Development Kit (librte_ring runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ring1 on Debian 9.

What is librte-ring1

librte-ring1 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_ring.

There are three methods to install librte-ring1 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-ring1 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-ring1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-ring1

Install librte-ring1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-ring1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-ring1

Install librte-ring1 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-ring1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-ring1

How To Uninstall librte-ring1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the librte-ring1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-ring1

Uninstall librte-ring1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-ring1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-ring1

Remove librte-ring1 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-ring1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-ring1

Remove librte-ring1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-ring1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-ring1

Dependencies

librte-ring1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-ring1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.