How To Install lfc-server-postgres on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc-server-postgres on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lfc-server-postgres
lfc-server-postgres is:
The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package provides an LFC server that uses postgres as its database backend.
There are three methods to install lfc-server-postgres 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 lfc-server-postgres Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lfc-server-postgres using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lfc-server-postgres
Install lfc-server-postgres Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lfc-server-postgres using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lfc-server-postgres
Install lfc-server-postgres 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 lfc-server-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lfc-server-postgres
How To Uninstall lfc-server-postgres on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lfc-server-postgres package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lfc-server-postgres
Uninstall lfc-server-postgres And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lfc-server-postgres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lfc-server-postgres
Remove lfc-server-postgres Configurations and Data
To remove lfc-server-postgres configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lfc-server-postgres
Remove lfc-server-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lfc-server-postgres configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lfc-server-postgres
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc-server-postgres package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
