How To Install librbd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librbd-dev
librbd-dev is:
RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.
This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librbd1.
There are three methods to install librbd-dev 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 librbd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librbd-dev
Install librbd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librbd-dev
Install librbd-dev 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 librbd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librbd-dev
How To Uninstall librbd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librbd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librbd-dev
Uninstall librbd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librbd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbd-dev
Remove librbd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librbd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librbd-dev
Remove librbd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librbd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
