How to Install and Uninstall libmlx5-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 01,2024

1. Install "libmlx5-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libmlx5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmlx5-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmlx5-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libmlx5-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmlx5-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmlx5-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmlx5-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OFED and Debian Developement and Discussion
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmlx5
Version: 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
Depends: libmlx5-1 (= 1.0.2-1ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmlx5/libmlx5-dev_1.0.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 24114
MD5sum: aa12f4a268d36326a3af97e9a550831c
SHA1: affe6bc6cdff24c5af8fe1c90581b4807f5808d0
SHA256: 9e325d6d7c4c2f80daf23b6b0b6a9dfa22611c2c593c54d59f6aa5bad72510f6
Description-en: Development files for the libmlx5 driver
libmlx5 is a device-specific driver for Mellanox Connect-IB InfiniBand
host channel adapters (HCAs) for the libibverbs library. This allows
userspace processes to access Mellanox HCA hardware directly with
low latency and low overhead.
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This package contains static versions of libmlx5 that may be linked
directly to an application, which may be useful for debugging.
Description-md5: 199934c473b9c8abea029f779b5de5a9
Homepage: https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mlx5/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu