How To Install libkopenafs2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkopenafs2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkopenafs2
libkopenafs2 is:
AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.
This package provides the shared library implementing an interface to manipulating AFS process authentication groups (PAGs). It provides the a subset of the interface provided by the Heimdal libkafs library.
There are three methods to install libkopenafs2 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 libkopenafs2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkopenafs2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkopenafs2
Install libkopenafs2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkopenafs2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkopenafs2
Install libkopenafs2 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 libkopenafs2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkopenafs2
How To Uninstall libkopenafs2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkopenafs2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkopenafs2
Uninstall libkopenafs2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkopenafs2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkopenafs2
Remove libkopenafs2 Configurations and Data
To remove libkopenafs2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkopenafs2
Remove libkopenafs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkopenafs2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkopenafs2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkopenafs2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
