How To Install riostream on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install rdmacm-utils

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is riostream and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install riostream on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install riostream using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install riostream using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rdmacm-utils

Install riostream using apt

Because riostream is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install riostream using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rdmacm-utils

Install riostream 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install riostream by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rdmacm-utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package riostream using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the riostream, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install rdmacm-utils

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install rdmacm-utils

How To Uninstall riostream from Debian 11

To uninstall only the riostream package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rdmacm-utils

Uninstall riostream and all its dependencies

To uninstall riostream and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdmacm-utils

Remove riostream with all configurations and data

To remove riostream configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rdmacm-utils

Remove riostream completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to riostream package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdmacm-utils

Extra info and code examples

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.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install riostream using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the riostream from Debian 11.

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