How To Install nfs-ganesha-rgw on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is nfs-ganesha-rgw

nfs-ganesha-rgw 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_RGW and an example rgw.conf file

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

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

Install nfs-ganesha-rgw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-rgw

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

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-rgw

How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-rgw on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-rgw

Uninstall nfs-ganesha-rgw And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove nfs-ganesha-rgw Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

nfs-ganesha-rgw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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