How To Install opensm-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
