How To Install libgfarm1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfarm1 on Kali Linux.
What is libgfarm1
libgfarm1 is:
The Gfarm file system is designed to turn commodity PCs into nodes of a distributed storage network, implementing the Grid Datafarm architecture for global petascale data-intensive computing. It solves performance and reliability problems in NFS and AFS by means of multiple file replicas, and not only prevents performance degradation due to access concentration, but also supports fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
This package provides the shared library required for accessing files via Gfarm.
There are three methods to install libgfarm1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgfarm1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgfarm1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfarm1Install libgfarm1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgfarm1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfarm1Install libgfarm1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgfarm1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfarm1How To Uninstall libgfarm1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgfarm1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfarm1Uninstall libgfarm1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfarm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfarm1Remove libgfarm1 Configurations and Data
To remove libgfarm1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfarm1Remove libgfarm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfarm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfarm1Dependencies
libgfarm1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfarm1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
