How To Install nfs-ganesha-nullfs on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is nfs-ganesha-nullfs

nfs-ganesha-nullfs 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_NULLFS

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

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

Install nfs-ganesha-nullfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-nullfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-nullfs

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-nullfs on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-nullfs

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-nullfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfs-ganesha-nullfs 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-nullfs

Remove nfs-ganesha-nullfs Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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