How To Install xnbd-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xnbd-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xnbd-server
xnbd-server is:
xNBD is a NBD (Network Block Device) server program, which is fully compatible with the NBD client driver of Linux kernel. It adds extended features to the traditional NBD server:
- Better performance
- Support for distributed copy-on-write disks
- Live storage migration for virtual machines.
This is the server side of the program
There are three methods to install xnbd-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 xnbd-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 xnbd-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xnbd-server
Install xnbd-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xnbd-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xnbd-server
Install xnbd-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 xnbd-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xnbd-server
How To Uninstall xnbd-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xnbd-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xnbd-server
Uninstall xnbd-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xnbd-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xnbd-server
Remove xnbd-server Configurations and Data
To remove xnbd-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xnbd-server
Remove xnbd-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xnbd-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xnbd-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xnbd-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
