How To Install gnunet-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnunet-fuse
gnunet-fuse is:
GNUnet is a peer-to-peer framework which focuses on providing security. All link-to-link messages in the network are confidential and authenticated. The framework provides a transport abstraction layer and can currently encapsulate the peer-to-peer traffic in UDP, TCP, or SMTP messages.
This package contains the fuse filesystem client. In order use GNUnet, you also need gnunet-server either on your server or on your local machine.
There are three methods to install gnunet-fuse 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 gnunet-fuse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnunet-fuse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnunet-fuse
Install gnunet-fuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnunet-fuse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnunet-fuse
Install gnunet-fuse 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 gnunet-fuse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnunet-fuse
How To Uninstall gnunet-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnunet-fuse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnunet-fuse
Uninstall gnunet-fuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnunet-fuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnunet-fuse
Remove gnunet-fuse Configurations and Data
To remove gnunet-fuse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnunet-fuse
Remove gnunet-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnunet-fuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnunet-fuse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-fuse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
