How To Install nbd-client on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbd-client
on Debian 11.
What is nbd-client
nbd-client is:
Network Block Device (NBD) is a client/server protocol that emulates a block device (such as a hard disk, a floppy, or a CD-ROM) over the network, thus giving the system the ability to swap over the network, or to use raw network disk space for other purposes.
However, writing to one Network Block Device from different clients simultaneously is not recommended, and would probably result in data loss. If you want multiple clients to share a remote resource, use a network file system such as NFS or Coda.
This package provides the client binary for NBD.
There are three methods to install nbd-client
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nbd-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nbd-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nbd-client
Install nbd-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nbd-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nbd-client
Install nbd-client 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 nbd-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nbd-client
How To Uninstall nbd-client on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nbd-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nbd-client
Uninstall nbd-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nbd-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbd-client
Remove nbd-client Configurations and Data
To remove nbd-client
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nbd-client
Remove nbd-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nbd-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbd-client
Dependencies
nbd-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbd-client
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.