How To Install netatalk on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is netatalk
netatalk is:
Netatalk is an implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), for offering file service (mainly) to macOS clients.
Compared to the Windows-native SMB protocol (which is also supported on macOS), the Macintosh-native AFP protocol is accessible from a different network, can be simpler to setup and faster for some operations (e.g. server-to-server copying), and some features (e.g. the backup service Time Machine) may work more reliably than over SMB.
This package contains all daemon and utility programs as well as Netatalk’s libraries.
There are three methods to install netatalk
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 netatalk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netatalk
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netatalk
Install netatalk Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netatalk
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netatalk
Install netatalk 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 netatalk
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netatalk
How To Uninstall netatalk on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the netatalk
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netatalk
Uninstall netatalk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netatalk
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netatalk
Remove netatalk Configurations and Data
To remove netatalk
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netatalk
Remove netatalk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netatalk
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netatalk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.