How To Install sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sheepdog
sheepdog is:
Sheepdog provides highly available block level storage volumes that can be attached to QEMU virtual machines. Sheepdog scales to several hundred nodes, and supports advanced volume management features such as snapshots, cloning, and thin provisioning.
There are three methods to install sheepdog 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 sheepdog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sheepdog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sheepdog
Install sheepdog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sheepdog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sheepdog
Install sheepdog 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 sheepdog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sheepdog
How To Uninstall sheepdog on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sheepdog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sheepdog
Uninstall sheepdog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sheepdog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sheepdog
Remove sheepdog Configurations and Data
To remove sheepdog configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sheepdog
Remove sheepdog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sheepdog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sheepdog
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sheepdog package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
