How To Install nfs-ganesha-vfs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-vfs on Debian 12.
What is nfs-ganesha-vfs
nfs-ganesha-vfs 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_VFS and an example vfs.conf file
There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-vfs on Debian 12. 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-vfs 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-vfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganesha-vfs
Install nfs-ganesha-vfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha-vfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-vfs
Install nfs-ganesha-vfs 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-vfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-vfs
How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-vfs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nfs-ganesha-vfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-vfs
Uninstall nfs-ganesha-vfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-ganesha-vfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-ganesha-vfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-vfs Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-ganesha-vfs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganesha-vfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-vfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-ganesha-vfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganesha-vfs
Dependencies
nfs-ganesha-vfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-vfs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
