Information about the package, libmlx5, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmlx5 package is designed for, Mellanox Connect-IB InfiniBand HCA Userspace Driver.
Package Name:
libmlx5
Summary:
Mellanox Connect-IB InfiniBand HCA Userspace Driver
Description:
libmlx5 provides a device-specific userspace driver for Mellanox Connect-IB HCAs for use with the libibverbs library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
32 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 or BSD
Control the libmlx5 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libmlx5
This command will install libmlx5 on the server.
yum remove libmlx5
This command will un-install libmlx5 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmlx5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libmlx5
This command will un-install libmlx5 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libmlx5 when using the -y flag.
yum update libmlx5
This command will update libmlx5 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmlx5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libmlx5
This command will update libmlx5 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libmlx5 when using the -y flag.
yum info libmlx5
This command will show you core information about the libmlx5 package.
yum deplist libmlx5
This command will show you the dependencies for libmlx5. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libmlx5
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libmlx5. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.