How To Install libgfapi0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgfapi0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgfapi0 is GlusterFS gfapi shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfapi0 on Debian 10.

What is libgfapi0

libgfapi0 is:

GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several petabytes. 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 contains libgfapi.

There are three methods to install libgfapi0 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgfapi0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfapi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfapi0

Install libgfapi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgfapi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgfapi0

Install libgfapi0 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 libgfapi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgfapi0

How To Uninstall libgfapi0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgfapi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgfapi0

Uninstall libgfapi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgfapi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfapi0

Remove libgfapi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgfapi0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfapi0

Remove libgfapi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgfapi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfapi0

Dependencies

libgfapi0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfapi0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.