How to Install and Uninstall dpdk Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dpdk" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dpdk on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpdk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpdk" package

Learn how to uninstall dpdk on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dpdk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dpdk package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dpdk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20.11.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian DPDK Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 125
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), pci.ids | hwdata, pciutils, python3:any
Recommends: librte-mempool21, librte-mempool-ring21, librte-net-af-packet21, librte-net-bond21, librte-net-e1000-21, librte-net-fm10k21, librte-net-i40e21, librte-net-ixgbe21, librte-net-kni21, librte-net-mlx4-21, librte-net-mlx5-21, librte-net-netvsc21, librte-net-pcap21, librte-net-tap21, librte-net-thunderx21, librte-net-vdev-netvsc21, librte-net-vhost21, librte-net-virtio21, librte-net-vmxnet3-21, python3-pyelftools
Suggests: dpdk-doc, dpdk-kmods-dkms, librte-meta-baseband, librte-meta-bus, librte-meta-compress, librte-meta-crypto, librte-meta-event, librte-meta-mempool, librte-meta-net, librte-meta-raw, librte-meta-allpmds
Breaks: dpdk-dev (<< 18.11-4~)
Replaces: dpdk-dev (<< 18.11)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpdk/dpdk_20.11.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 24940
MD5sum: d6a565d8bedbac481e49d54707178b6c
SHA1: b81b45f0eea5a3feb97526ea43c4ee27cfde4dfa
SHA256: bd86a41dd7e34fd53e87c0270bbb68de5912c2087bed6b13fab97418f928d68b
SHA512: f8bce535865cba3ea8113feb944f5f8cff1af5662c5524962ec982d56b084d79369142e78992d8b4b02878f8154eb5a5db19fe622f071038b8d755990e78bce5
Homepage: https://www.dpdk.org
Description-en: Data Plane Development Kit (runtime)
DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run
in user-space and communicate directly with dedicated network interfaces.
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This package contains the runtime environment to run DPDK applications.
Description-md5: cb8a15fa900de86d21d3a722f3b66d95