How To Install opa-address-resolution on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-address-resolution on Kali Linux.

What is opa-address-resolution

opa-address-resolution is:

This package contains the ibacm distributed SA provider (dsap) for name and address resolution on an Intel(R) Omni-Path Architecture platform. It also contains tools to access the shared memory database exported by dsap.

There are three methods to install opa-address-resolution 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 opa-address-resolution Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opa-address-resolution

Install opa-address-resolution Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opa-address-resolution using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opa-address-resolution

Install opa-address-resolution 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 opa-address-resolution using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opa-address-resolution

How To Uninstall opa-address-resolution on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opa-address-resolution package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opa-address-resolution

Uninstall opa-address-resolution And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opa-address-resolution

Remove opa-address-resolution Configurations and Data

To remove opa-address-resolution configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opa-address-resolution

Remove opa-address-resolution configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opa-address-resolution configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opa-address-resolution

Dependencies

opa-address-resolution have the following dependencies:

• ibacm
• libopasadb1
• libc6
• libibumad3
• libibverbs1
• libssl1.1

References

• opa-address-resolution website

Summary

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