How To Install libnbd-bin on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd-bin on Ubuntu 22.04. libnbd-bin is Utilities using the Network Block Device client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd-bin on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libnbd-bin

libnbd-bin is:

NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.

This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.

This package contains utilities that make use of libnbd:

  • nbdcopy
  • nbdfuse
  • nbdinfo

There are three methods to install libnbd-bin on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnbd-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnbd-bin

Install libnbd-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnbd-bin

Install libnbd-bin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnbd-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnbd-bin

How To Uninstall libnbd-bin on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libnbd-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnbd-bin

Uninstall libnbd-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnbd-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnbd-bin

Remove libnbd-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libnbd-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnbd-bin

Remove libnbd-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnbd-bin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd-bin package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.