How To Install manila-share on Debian 12

Learn how to install manila-share on Debian 12 with this tutorial. manila-share is OpenStack shared file system as a service - Share server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-share on Debian 12.

What is manila-share

manila-share is:

Manila is an OpenStack project to provide Shared Filesystems as a service. It provides coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems. While the primary consumption of file shares would be across OpenStack Compute instances, the service is also intended to be accessible as an independent capability in line with the modular design established by other OpenStack services. Manila is extensible for multiple backends (to support vendor or file system specific nuances / capabilities) and accommodates any of a variety of shared or distributed file system types.

This package contains the Manila Share daemon.

There are three methods to install manila-share on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install manila-share Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install manila-share

Install manila-share Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manila-share

Install manila-share 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install manila-share using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manila-share

How To Uninstall manila-share on Debian 12

To uninstall only the manila-share package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove manila-share

Uninstall manila-share And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manila-share and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-share

Remove manila-share Configurations and Data

To remove manila-share configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manila-share

Remove manila-share configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manila-share

Dependencies

manila-share have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-share package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.