How To Install manila-common on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is manila-common
manila-common is:
Manila is an OpenStack project to provide Shared Filesystems as a service. It provides coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems. While the primary consumption of file shares would be across OpenStack Compute instances, the service is also intended to be accessible as an independent capability in line with the modular design established by other OpenStack services. Manila is extensible for multiple backends (to support vendor or file system specific nuances / capabilities) and accommodates any of a variety of shared or distributed file system types.
This package contains commons components for Manila.
There are three methods to install manila-common 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 manila-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install manila-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install manila-common
Install manila-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install manila-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install manila-common
Install manila-common 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 manila-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install manila-common
How To Uninstall manila-common on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the manila-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove manila-common
Uninstall manila-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall manila-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-common
Remove manila-common Configurations and Data
To remove manila-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge manila-common
Remove manila-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove manila-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manila-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.