How To Install opensm on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm on Ubuntu 22.04. opensm is InfiniBand subnet manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is opensm

opensm 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.

There are three methods to install opensm on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opensm

Install opensm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensm

Install opensm 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensm

How To Uninstall opensm on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove opensm

Uninstall opensm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensm

Remove opensm Configurations and Data

To remove opensm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensm

Remove opensm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.