How To Install nfs-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install nfs-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nfs-common is NFS support files common to client and server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-common on Debian 10.

What is nfs-common

nfs-common is:

Use this package on any machine that uses NFS, either as client or server. Programs included: lockd, statd, showmount, nfsstat, gssd, idmapd and mount.nfs.

There are three methods to install nfs-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nfs-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfs-common

Install nfs-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-common

Install nfs-common 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 nfs-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-common

How To Uninstall nfs-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the nfs-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nfs-common

Uninstall nfs-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfs-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-common

Remove nfs-common Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-common

Remove nfs-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-common

Dependencies

nfs-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.