How To Install librbd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is librbd-dev
librbd-dev is:
RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.
This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librbd1.
Package: librbd-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 179 Depends: librados-dev, librbd1 (= 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) Conflicts: librbd1-dev Replaces: librbd1-dev Filename: pool/main/c/ceph/librbd-dev_15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb Size: 27884 MD5sum: e0ac2d898beb21f38c85f33ef8eb2377 SHA1: 10ee4310295e6c98aec27dda214ab83068a6c6f4 SHA256: e4dbe2cd3b41cb9c4ba29e16da75b9b170d744fc53849ac941a43eb4b0cbc83f SHA512: bd7485071e253d195013d03ce671e4e77b48c490ab318ab8666ed1193ef55ae7e1012ec0beae1a0aac4a76cb6c2c0abddbb4a29ea37f764423674d5f507b9fe6 Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: RADOS block device client library (development files) RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.
This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librbd1.
Package: librbd-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 176 Depends: librados-dev, librbd1 (= 15.2.1-0ubuntu1) Conflicts: librbd1-dev Replaces: librbd1-dev Filename: pool/main/c/ceph/librbd-dev_15.2.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 27740 MD5sum: d482e492ad024515bfe4d6e3c99bb8e2 SHA1: eb07bffc87c692b2bf67060fdf21c29e7dc6ef8b SHA256: e6ac5b2d0cb6bc808a24be033662567bfeee89f41163fc8a19d2603c6524e28f Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: RADOS block device client library (development files) RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.
This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librbd1.
There are three methods to install librbd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librbd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librbd-dev
Install librbd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librbd-dev
Install librbd-dev 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 librbd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librbd-dev
How To Uninstall librbd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the librbd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librbd-dev
Uninstall librbd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librbd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbd-dev
Remove librbd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librbd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librbd-dev
Remove librbd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librbd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.