How To Install dpm-server-mysql on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-server-mysql on Ubuntu 18.04. dpm-server-mysql is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) server with MySQL database backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-server-mysql on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is dpm-server-mysql

dpm-server-mysql is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides a DPM server that uses MySQL as its database backend.

There are three methods to install dpm-server-mysql 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 dpm-server-mysql Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm-server-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dpm-server-mysql

Install dpm-server-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm-server-mysql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpm-server-mysql

Install dpm-server-mysql 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 dpm-server-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpm-server-mysql

How To Uninstall dpm-server-mysql on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the dpm-server-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpm-server-mysql

Uninstall dpm-server-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpm-server-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpm-server-mysql

Remove dpm-server-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove dpm-server-mysql configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpm-server-mysql

Remove dpm-server-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dpm-server-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpm-server-mysql

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-server-mysql package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.