How To Install libcephfs1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs1 on Debian 9. libcephfs1 is Ceph distributed file system client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs1 on Debian 9.

What is libcephfs1

libcephfs1 is:

Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface.

There are three methods to install libcephfs1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcephfs1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcephfs1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcephfs1

Install libcephfs1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcephfs1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcephfs1

Install libcephfs1 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 libcephfs1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcephfs1

How To Uninstall libcephfs1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcephfs1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcephfs1

Uninstall libcephfs1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcephfs1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcephfs1

Remove libcephfs1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcephfs1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcephfs1

Remove libcephfs1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcephfs1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcephfs1

Dependencies

libcephfs1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.