How To Install mhddfs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mhddfs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mhddfs
mhddfs is:
This FUSE-based file system allows mount points (or directories) to be combined, simulating a single big volume which can merge several hard drives or remote file systems. It is like unionfs, but can choose the drive with the most free space to create new files on, and can move data transparently between drives.
There are three methods to install mhddfs
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mhddfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mhddfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mhddfs
Install mhddfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mhddfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mhddfs
Install mhddfs 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 mhddfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mhddfs
How To Uninstall mhddfs on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mhddfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mhddfs
Uninstall mhddfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mhddfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mhddfs
Remove mhddfs Configurations and Data
To remove mhddfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mhddfs
Remove mhddfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mhddfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mhddfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mhddfs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.