How to Install and Uninstall dpdk Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dpdk" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dpdk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install dpdk

2. Uninstall "dpdk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall dpdk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove dpdk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the dpdk package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dpdk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20.11.3-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian DPDK Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 126
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_20.11.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 23822
MD5sum: 3ad56e9f39856c821abcac276565bd8f
SHA1: 70fa7d5523af9310fdaf6f4991391bc86c80bec2
SHA256: 37dd0a33f3010a90cf95baec0fce38050a304b3d6c5fce4f3f983a867f7e4d20
SHA512: a40fe39cf9dbc2f97054b40404e2b2d1c57488e8f784c9035912f493d1cb3958620e6a2222ba4a22bd9f31edb6074ab3f21f543aaaed7a9dea468f12c6f8717b
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