How To Install opensm-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm-doc on Kali Linux. opensm-doc is Documentation for the InfiniBand subnet manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm-doc on Kali Linux.

What is opensm-doc

opensm-doc is:

OpenSM provides an implementation of an InfiniBand Subnet Manager (SM) and Administrator (SA). One Subnet Manager is required to run on each InfiniBand subnet in order to initialize the InfiniBand hardware.

This package contains the documentation for the opensm InfiniBand subnet manager.

There are three methods to install opensm-doc 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 opensm-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensm-doc

Install opensm-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensm-doc

Install opensm-doc 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 opensm-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensm-doc

How To Uninstall opensm-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opensm-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensm-doc

Uninstall opensm-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensm-doc

Remove opensm-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge opensm-doc

Remove opensm-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensm-doc

Dependencies

opensm-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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