How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 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 Sheepdog.

There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 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-sheepdog 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-sheepdog using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 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-sheepdog using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 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-sheepdog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 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-sheepdog

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog Configurations and Data

To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog

References

• libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog website
• libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.