How To Install nbdfuse on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdfuse on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nbdfuse
nbdfuse is:
nbdfuse presents a Network Block Device as a local file inside a FUSE filesystem.
There are three methods to install nbdfuse 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 nbdfuse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nbdfuse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nbdfuse
Install nbdfuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nbdfuse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nbdfuse
Install nbdfuse 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 nbdfuse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nbdfuse
How To Uninstall nbdfuse on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nbdfuse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nbdfuse
Uninstall nbdfuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nbdfuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbdfuse
Remove nbdfuse Configurations and Data
To remove nbdfuse configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nbdfuse
Remove nbdfuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nbdfuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbdfuse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdfuse package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
