How To Install nfs-ganesha on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha on Kali Linux.
What is nfs-ganesha
nfs-ganesha 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 the binaries
There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha on Kali Linux. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganeshaInstall nfs-ganesha Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-ganeshaInstall nfs-ganesha Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganeshaHow To Uninstall nfs-ganesha on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nfs-ganesha package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganeshaUninstall nfs-ganesha And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-ganesha and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-ganeshaRemove nfs-ganesha Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-ganesha configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganeshaRemove nfs-ganesha configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-ganesha configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganeshaDependencies
nfs-ganesha have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
