How To Install glusterfs-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-dbg on Debian 9. glusterfs-dbg is GlusterFS debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-dbg on Debian 9.

What is glusterfs-dbg

glusterfs-dbg is:

GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is one of the most sophisticated file system in terms of features and extensibility. It borrows a powerful concept called Translators from GNU Hurd kernel. Much of the code in GlusterFS is in userspace and easily manageable.

This package includes the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install glusterfs-dbg 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 glusterfs-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install glusterfs-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install glusterfs-dbg

Install glusterfs-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glusterfs-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glusterfs-dbg

Install glusterfs-dbg 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 glusterfs-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glusterfs-dbg

How To Uninstall glusterfs-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the glusterfs-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glusterfs-dbg

Uninstall glusterfs-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glusterfs-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glusterfs-dbg

Remove glusterfs-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove glusterfs-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glusterfs-dbg

Remove glusterfs-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove glusterfs-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glusterfs-dbg

Dependencies

glusterfs-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.