How To Install librte-meta-net 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-meta-net on Ubuntu.

What is `librte-meta-net`

librte-meta-net is:

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

This is a metapackage to pull in all the librte net libraries.

There are three methods to install librte-meta-net 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-meta-net 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-meta-net using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librte-meta-net

Install librte-meta-net Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librte-meta-net

Install librte-meta-net 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-meta-net using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librte-meta-net

How To Uninstall librte-meta-net on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove librte-meta-net

Uninstall librte-meta-net And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librte-meta-net

Remove librte-meta-net Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librte-meta-net

Remove librte-meta-net configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librte-meta-net

Dependencies

librte-meta-net have the following dependencies:

References

librte-meta-net website

Summary

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