How To Install nfs-ganesha-mem on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-mem on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-mem using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-mem
How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-mem on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-mem package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
