How To Install glusterfs-cli on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-cli on Debian 12.
What is glusterfs-cli
glusterfs-cli is:
GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is one of the most sophisticated file system in terms of features and extensibility. It borrows a powerful concept called Translators from GNU Hurd kernel. Much of the code in GlusterFS is in userspace and easily manageable.
This package provides the gluster command line tool.
There are three methods to install glusterfs-cli on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glusterfs-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glusterfs-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glusterfs-cli
Install glusterfs-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glusterfs-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glusterfs-cli
Install glusterfs-cli 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install glusterfs-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glusterfs-cli
How To Uninstall glusterfs-cli on Debian 12
To uninstall only the glusterfs-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glusterfs-cli
Uninstall glusterfs-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glusterfs-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glusterfs-cli
Remove glusterfs-cli Configurations and Data
To remove glusterfs-cli configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glusterfs-cli
Remove glusterfs-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glusterfs-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glusterfs-cli
Dependencies
glusterfs-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-cli package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
