How To Install nfs-ganesha-gpfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-gpfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nfs-ganesha-gpfs
nfs-ganesha-gpfs 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_GPFS and conf files.
There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-gpfs 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-gpfs 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-gpfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganesha-gpfs
Install nfs-ganesha-gpfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha-gpfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-gpfs
Install nfs-ganesha-gpfs 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-gpfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-gpfs
How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-gpfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nfs-ganesha-gpfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-gpfs
Uninstall nfs-ganesha-gpfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-ganesha-gpfs 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-gpfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-gpfs Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-ganesha-gpfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganesha-gpfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-gpfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-ganesha-gpfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganesha-gpfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-gpfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
