How To Install openafs-dbserver on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openafs-dbserver on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openafs-dbserver
openafs-dbserver is:
AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.
This package provides AFS database server binaries. It should be installed on the servers that will act as volume location and protection servers.
Package: openafs-dbserver Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: openafs Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Benjamin Kaduk [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2088 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libhcrypto4-heimdal (>= 1.4.0+git20110226), libroken18-heimdal (>= 1.7~git20150920), perl, openafs-fileserver Recommends: openafs-client Suggests: openafs-doc Filename: pool/universe/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 516060 MD5sum: f1662e5caefe63c20610fd61d7b1ccf8 SHA1: c066d9417f7444be703087ba47dc4a8efc5716da SHA256: 3b42578c0e422fd6a41e9de15248725141233e148ebd52e34b5008e0a81a09f7 Homepage: http://www.openafs.org/ Description-en: AFS distributed filesystem database server AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.
This package provides AFS database server binaries. It should be installed on the servers that will act as volume location and protection servers.
There are three methods to install openafs-dbserver 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 openafs-dbserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openafs-dbserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openafs-dbserver
Install openafs-dbserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openafs-dbserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openafs-dbserver
Install openafs-dbserver 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 openafs-dbserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openafs-dbserver
How To Uninstall openafs-dbserver on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openafs-dbserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openafs-dbserver
Uninstall openafs-dbserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openafs-dbserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openafs-dbserver
Remove openafs-dbserver Configurations and Data
To remove openafs-dbserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openafs-dbserver
Remove openafs-dbserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openafs-dbserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openafs-dbserver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openafs-dbserver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.