How To Install zfcp-hbaapi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfcp-hbaapi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zfcp-hbaapi-utils
zfcp-hbaapi-utils is:
The zfcp device driver is a FCP device driver for the Linux on System z. This package implements FC-HBA API for the zfcp device driver.
This package contains zfcp_ping and zfcp_show utilities.
There are three methods to install zfcp-hbaapi-utils 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 zfcp-hbaapi-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zfcp-hbaapi-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zfcp-hbaapi-utils
Install zfcp-hbaapi-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zfcp-hbaapi-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zfcp-hbaapi-utils
Install zfcp-hbaapi-utils 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 zfcp-hbaapi-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zfcp-hbaapi-utils
How To Uninstall zfcp-hbaapi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zfcp-hbaapi-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zfcp-hbaapi-utils
Uninstall zfcp-hbaapi-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zfcp-hbaapi-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfcp-hbaapi-utils
Remove zfcp-hbaapi-utils Configurations and Data
To remove zfcp-hbaapi-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zfcp-hbaapi-utils
Remove zfcp-hbaapi-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zfcp-hbaapi-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfcp-hbaapi-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfcp-hbaapi-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
