How To Install nfs-ganesha-proxy on Debian 10

Learn how to install nfs-ganesha-proxy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nfs-ganesha-proxy is nfs-ganesha fsal proxy libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-proxy on Debian 10.

What is nfs-ganesha-proxy

nfs-ganesha-proxy 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_PROXY

There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-proxy on Debian 10. 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-proxy 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-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install nfs-ganesha-proxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-proxy

Install nfs-ganesha-proxy 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-proxy

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-proxy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-proxy

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-proxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfs-ganesha-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove nfs-ganesha-proxy Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-ganesha-proxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

nfs-ganesha-proxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-proxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.