How To Install opa-fastfabric on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is opa-fastfabric

opa-fastfabric is:

This package contains tools for the management of an Intel(R) Omni-Path Architecture fabric on a management node.

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

sudo apt-get -y install opa-fastfabric

Install opa-fastfabric Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opa-fastfabric

Install opa-fastfabric 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-fastfabric using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opa-fastfabric

How To Uninstall opa-fastfabric on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove opa-fastfabric

Uninstall opa-fastfabric And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opa-fastfabric

Remove opa-fastfabric Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge opa-fastfabric

Remove opa-fastfabric configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opa-fastfabric

Dependencies

opa-fastfabric have the following dependencies:

• expect
• opa-basic-tools
• tcl
• perl

References

• opa-fastfabric website

Summary

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