How To Install lfc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lfc
lfc 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 the command line interfaces for the LFC.
There are three methods to install lfc
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lfc
Install lfc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lfc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lfc
Install lfc 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lfc
How To Uninstall lfc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lfc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lfc
Uninstall lfc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lfc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lfc
Remove lfc Configurations and Data
To remove lfc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lfc
Remove lfc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lfc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lfc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.