How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains the libvirtd storage driver for RBD/Rados/Ceph.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
