How To Install nfs-ganesha-mem on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-mem on Kali Linux. nfs-ganesha-mem is nfs-ganesha fsal mem libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-mem on Kali Linux.

What is nfs-ganesha-mem

nfs-ganesha-mem 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_MEM and an example mem.conf file

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

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

Install nfs-ganesha-mem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-mem

Install nfs-ganesha-mem 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-mem

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-mem on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-mem

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-mem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfs-ganesha-mem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove nfs-ganesha-mem Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-ganesha-mem configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

nfs-ganesha-mem have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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