How To Install zfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zfs-fuse
zfs-fuse is:
ZFS is an advanced filesystem from Sun Microsystems, originally developed for solaris. It provides a number of advanced features, such as live integrity checks, atomic updates, atomic snapshots and clones, compression, and much more.
This package provides an implementation of Sun’s ZFS filesystem in userspace, using FUSE.
There are three methods to install zfs-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 zfs-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 zfs-fuse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zfs-fuse
Install zfs-fuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-fuse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zfs-fuse
Install zfs-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 zfs-fuse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zfs-fuse
How To Uninstall zfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zfs-fuse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zfs-fuse
Uninstall zfs-fuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zfs-fuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfs-fuse
Remove zfs-fuse Configurations and Data
To remove zfs-fuse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zfs-fuse
Remove zfs-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zfs-fuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfs-fuse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-fuse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
