How To Install nfs-ganesha-xfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-xfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nfs-ganesha-xfs
nfs-ganesha-xfs 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_XFS and an example xfs.conf file
There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-xfs 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-xfs 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-xfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganesha-xfs
Install nfs-ganesha-xfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha-xfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-xfs
Install nfs-ganesha-xfs 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-xfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-xfs
How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-xfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nfs-ganesha-xfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-xfs
Uninstall nfs-ganesha-xfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-ganesha-xfs 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-xfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-xfs Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-ganesha-xfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganesha-xfs
Remove nfs-ganesha-xfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-ganesha-xfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganesha-xfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-xfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
