How To Install mstflint on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mstflint
on Debian 9.
What is mstflint
mstflint is:
This package contains a burning tool and diagnostic tools for Mellanox manufactured HCA/NIC cards. It also provides access to the relevant source code.
There are three methods to install mstflint
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 mstflint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mstflint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mstflint
Install mstflint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mstflint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mstflint
Install mstflint 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 mstflint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mstflint
How To Uninstall mstflint on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mstflint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mstflint
Uninstall mstflint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mstflint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mstflint
Remove mstflint Configurations and Data
To remove mstflint
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mstflint
Remove mstflint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mstflint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mstflint
Dependencies
mstflint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mstflint
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.