How To Install manila-share on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-share on Ubuntu 20.04. manila-share is OpenStack shared file system as a service - Share server OpenStack shared file system as a service - Share server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-share on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is manila-share

manila-share 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 the Manila Share daemon.

Package: manila-share Architecture: all Version: 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041013.ea90fd17-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: manila Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Chuck Short [email protected], Debian OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 35 Depends: manila-common (= 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041013.ea90fd17-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/m/manila/manila-share_10.0.0~b3~git2020041013.ea90fd17-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 5600 MD5sum: e114c8ffd4188c8c511f984db3398006 SHA1: f3316ff9e0f76b965c90d1bac9160f605ad3665b SHA256: e01ba3d61cddda0e5d0106adf3a41b3225ccea270e160520b9dcfad14322ce8c Homepage: https://github.com/openstack/manila Description-en: OpenStack shared file system as a service - Share server 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 the Manila Share daemon.

There are three methods to install manila-share 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 manila-share 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-share using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install manila-share

Install manila-share Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manila-share

Install manila-share 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-share using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manila-share

How To Uninstall manila-share on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the manila-share package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove manila-share

Uninstall manila-share And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manila-share and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-share

Remove manila-share Configurations and Data

To remove manila-share configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manila-share

Remove manila-share configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manila-share

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-share package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.