How To Install nfs-kernel-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-kernel-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nfs-kernel-server
nfs-kernel-server is:
The NFS kernel server is currently the recommended NFS server for use with Linux, featuring features such as NFSv3 and NFSv4, Kerberos support via GSS, and much more. It is also significantly faster and usually more reliable than the user-space NFS servers (from the unfs3 and nfs-user-server packages). However, it is more difficult to debug than the user-space servers, and has a slightly different feature set.
This package contains the user-space support needed to use the NFS kernel server. Most administrators wishing to set up an NFS server would want to install this package.
There are three methods to install nfs-kernel-server 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-kernel-server 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-kernel-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-kernel-server
Install nfs-kernel-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-kernel-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-kernel-server
Install nfs-kernel-server 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-kernel-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-kernel-server
How To Uninstall nfs-kernel-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nfs-kernel-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-kernel-server
Uninstall nfs-kernel-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-kernel-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-kernel-server
Remove nfs-kernel-server Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-kernel-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-kernel-server
Remove nfs-kernel-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-kernel-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-kernel-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-kernel-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
