How To Install gfarm-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfarm-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gfarm-client
gfarm-client is:
The Gfarm file system is designed to turn commodity PCs into nodes of a distributed storage network, implementing the Grid Datafarm architecture for global petascale data-intensive computing. It solves performance and reliability problems in NFS and AFS by means of multiple file replicas, and not only prevents performance degradation due to access concentration, but also supports fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
This package provides client utilities for Gfarm.
There are three methods to install gfarm-client on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfarm-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfarm-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfarm-client
Install gfarm-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfarm-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfarm-client
Install gfarm-client 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 gfarm-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfarm-client
How To Uninstall gfarm-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gfarm-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfarm-client
Uninstall gfarm-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfarm-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfarm-client
Remove gfarm-client Configurations and Data
To remove gfarm-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfarm-client
Remove gfarm-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfarm-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfarm-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfarm-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
