How To Install nfs-ganesha-gluster on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-gluster on Ubuntu 18.04. nfs-ganesha-gluster is nfs-ganesha fsal gluster libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-gluster on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is nfs-ganesha-gluster

nfs-ganesha-gluster 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 FSAL_GLUSTER and an example .conf file

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

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

Install nfs-ganesha-gluster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-gluster

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

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-gluster

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-gluster on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-gluster

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-gluster And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove nfs-ganesha-gluster Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-ganesha-gluster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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