How To Install dpm-name-server-postgres on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-name-server-postgres on Debian 9.
What is dpm-name-server-postgres
dpm-name-server-postgres is:
The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides a DPM nameserver that uses postgres as its database backend.
There are three methods to install dpm-name-server-postgres on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dpm-name-server-postgres Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dpm-name-server-postgres using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dpm-name-server-postgres
Install dpm-name-server-postgres Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dpm-name-server-postgres using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dpm-name-server-postgres
Install dpm-name-server-postgres 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dpm-name-server-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dpm-name-server-postgres
How To Uninstall dpm-name-server-postgres on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dpm-name-server-postgres package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dpm-name-server-postgres
Uninstall dpm-name-server-postgres And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dpm-name-server-postgres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpm-name-server-postgres
Remove dpm-name-server-postgres Configurations and Data
To remove dpm-name-server-postgres configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dpm-name-server-postgres
Remove dpm-name-server-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dpm-name-server-postgres configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpm-name-server-postgres
Dependencies
dpm-name-server-postgres have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-name-server-postgres package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
