How To Install rbd-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-fuse
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rbd-fuse
rbd-fuse is:
Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a FUSE-based client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as files.
There are three methods to install rbd-fuse
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 rbd-fuse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rbd-fuse
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rbd-fuse
Install rbd-fuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rbd-fuse
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rbd-fuse
Install rbd-fuse 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 rbd-fuse
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rbd-fuse
How To Uninstall rbd-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rbd-fuse
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rbd-fuse
Uninstall rbd-fuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rbd-fuse
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbd-fuse
Remove rbd-fuse Configurations and Data
To remove rbd-fuse
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rbd-fuse
Remove rbd-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rbd-fuse
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rbd-fuse
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-fuse
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.