How To Install libumad2sim0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libumad2sim0 on Kali Linux.

What is libumad2sim0

libumad2sim0 is:

ibsim provides a simulation of an InfiniBand fabric, which can be used by the opensm subnet manager and infiniband diagnostics and management tools.

This package provides an LD_PRELOADable library which will make applications use the simulated fabric.

There are three methods to install libumad2sim0 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 libumad2sim0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libumad2sim0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libumad2sim0

Install libumad2sim0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libumad2sim0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libumad2sim0

Install libumad2sim0 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 libumad2sim0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libumad2sim0

How To Uninstall libumad2sim0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libumad2sim0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libumad2sim0

Uninstall libumad2sim0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libumad2sim0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libumad2sim0

Remove libumad2sim0 Configurations and Data

To remove libumad2sim0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libumad2sim0

Remove libumad2sim0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libumad2sim0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libumad2sim0

Dependencies

libumad2sim0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libibmad5
• libibumad3

References

• libumad2sim0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libumad2sim0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.