How To Install nfs-ganesha-ceph on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-ceph on Debian 11. nfs-ganesha-ceph is nfs-ganesha fsal ceph libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-ceph on Debian 11.

What is nfs-ganesha-ceph

nfs-ganesha-ceph is:

NFS-GANESHA is a NFS Server running in user space with a large cache. It comes with various backend modules to support different file systems and namespaces. Supported name spaces are POSIX, PROXY, SNMP, FUSE-like, HPSS, LUSTRE, XFS and ZFS. This package contains a library for a FSAL_CEPH and an example ceph.conf file

There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-ceph 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 nfs-ganesha-ceph 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-ganesha-ceph using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganesha-ceph

Install nfs-ganesha-ceph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-ceph

Install nfs-ganesha-ceph 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-ganesha-ceph using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-ceph

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-ceph on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-ceph

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-ceph And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfs-ganesha-ceph and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-ganesha-ceph

Remove nfs-ganesha-ceph Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-ganesha-ceph configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganesha-ceph

Remove nfs-ganesha-ceph configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganesha-ceph

Dependencies

nfs-ganesha-ceph have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-ceph package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.