How To Install drobo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install drobo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is drobo-utils
drobo-utils is:
This package provides a command line interface for managing a Drobo, as well as a graphical dashboard interface. These tools allow you to setup a new Drobo, and monitor the status of connected Drobos.
To enable the graphical interface, please be sure to install the suggested python-qt4 package, as well as gparted.
Data Robotics storage units (“Drobos”) are external hard drive enclosures that connect to your PC via USB or Firewire and provide RAID-like features. Drobos provide automatic data redundancy, hotswappable drive bays, and the size of the RAID can be easily expanded. Different sized hard drives can be mixed on the same Drobo. See http://drobo.com for more information.
There are three methods to install drobo-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 drobo-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 drobo-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install drobo-utils
Install drobo-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install drobo-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install drobo-utils
Install drobo-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 drobo-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install drobo-utils
How To Uninstall drobo-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the drobo-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove drobo-utils
Uninstall drobo-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall drobo-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove drobo-utils
Remove drobo-utils Configurations and Data
To remove drobo-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge drobo-utils
Remove drobo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove drobo-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drobo-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install drobo-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
