How To Install librte-bpf22 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-bpf22 on Ubuntu.

What is `librte-bpf22`

librte-bpf22 is:

DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.

This package contains the runtime libraries for librte-bpf.

The DPDK provides an BPF library that gives the ability to load and execute Enhanced Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) bytecode within user-space dpdk application.

There are three methods to install librte-bpf22 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librte-bpf22 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-bpf22 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-bpf22

Install librte-bpf22 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librte-bpf22 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librte-bpf22

Install librte-bpf22 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 librte-bpf22 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-bpf22

How To Uninstall librte-bpf22 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the librte-bpf22 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librte-bpf22

Uninstall librte-bpf22 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librte-bpf22 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-bpf22

Remove librte-bpf22 Configurations and Data

To remove librte-bpf22 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-bpf22

Remove librte-bpf22 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librte-bpf22 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-bpf22

Dependencies

librte-bpf22 have the following dependencies:

References

librte-bpf22 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librte-bpf22 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.