How To Install ocfs2-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. ocfs2-tools-dev is tools for managing OCFS2 cluster filesystems - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ocfs2-tools-dev

ocfs2-tools-dev is:

OCFS2 is a general purpose cluster filesystem. Unlike the initial release of OCFS, which supported only Oracle database workloads, OCFS2 provides full support as a general purpose filesystem. OCFS2 is a complete rewrite of the previous version, designed to work as a seamless addition to the Linux kernel.

This package installs the development headers and static libraries.

There are three methods to install ocfs2-tools-dev 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 ocfs2-tools-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ocfs2-tools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ocfs2-tools-dev

Install ocfs2-tools-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocfs2-tools-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocfs2-tools-dev

Install ocfs2-tools-dev 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 ocfs2-tools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocfs2-tools-dev

How To Uninstall ocfs2-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ocfs2-tools-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocfs2-tools-dev

Uninstall ocfs2-tools-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocfs2-tools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocfs2-tools-dev

Remove ocfs2-tools-dev Configurations and Data

To remove ocfs2-tools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocfs2-tools-dev

Remove ocfs2-tools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ocfs2-tools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocfs2-tools-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.