How To Install libzfcphbaapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfcphbaapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libzfcphbaapi0 is FC-HBA implementation for the zfcp device driver (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfcphbaapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libzfcphbaapi0

libzfcphbaapi0 is:

The zfcp device driver is a FCP device driver for the Linux on System z. This package implements FC-HBA API for the zfcp device driver.

This package contains runtime library.

There are three methods to install libzfcphbaapi0 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 libzfcphbaapi0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libzfcphbaapi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzfcphbaapi0

Install libzfcphbaapi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzfcphbaapi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzfcphbaapi0

Install libzfcphbaapi0 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 libzfcphbaapi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzfcphbaapi0

How To Uninstall libzfcphbaapi0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libzfcphbaapi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzfcphbaapi0

Uninstall libzfcphbaapi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzfcphbaapi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzfcphbaapi0

Remove libzfcphbaapi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libzfcphbaapi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzfcphbaapi0

Remove libzfcphbaapi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzfcphbaapi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzfcphbaapi0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfcphbaapi0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.