How To Install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8.
What is ucx-ib
Provides support for IBTA-compliant transports for UCX. This includes RoCE, InfiniBand, OmniPath, and any other transport supported by IB Verbs API. Typically these transports provide RDMA support, which enables a fast and hardware-offloaded data transfer.
We can use yum or dnf to install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ucx-ib.
Install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ucx-ib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ucx-ib
Install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ucx-ib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ucx-ib
How To Uninstall ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the ucx-ib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ucx-ib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucx-ib on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
