How To Install rdmacm-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdmacm-utils on Debian 12.
What is rdmacm-utils
rdmacm-utils is:
librdmacm is a library that allows applications to set up reliable connected and unreliable datagram transfers when using RDMA adapters. It provides a transport-neutral interface in the sense that the same code can be used for both InfiniBand and iWARP adapters. The interface is based on sockets, but adapted for queue pair (QP) based semantics: communication must use a specific RDMA device, and data transfers are message-based.
librdmacm only provides communication management (connection setup and tear-down) and works in conjunction with the verbs interface provided by libibverbs, which provides the interface used to actually transfer data.
This package contains useful librdmacm1 example programs such as rping and udaddy.
There are three methods to install rdmacm-utils on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rdmacm-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rdmacm-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rdmacm-utils
Install rdmacm-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rdmacm-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rdmacm-utils
Install rdmacm-utils 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 rdmacm-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rdmacm-utils
How To Uninstall rdmacm-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rdmacm-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rdmacm-utils
Uninstall rdmacm-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rdmacm-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdmacm-utils
Remove rdmacm-utils Configurations and Data
To remove rdmacm-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rdmacm-utils
Remove rdmacm-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rdmacm-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdmacm-utils
Dependencies
rdmacm-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdmacm-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
