How To Install 9mount on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9mount on Ubuntu 22.04. 9mount is Plan 9 filesystem (v9fs) user mount utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9mount on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is 9mount

9mount is:

9mount is a set of SUID mounting tools for use with v9fs to help cope with Linux’s poor mount support.

The tools offer a level of security - 9mount will only let you mount over non-sticky directories you have write access to, and 9umount will only let you unmount 9p partitions that you mounted yourself.

There are three methods to install 9mount 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 9mount Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 9mount using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 9mount

Install 9mount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 9mount using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 9mount

Install 9mount 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 9mount using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 9mount

How To Uninstall 9mount on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the 9mount package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 9mount

Uninstall 9mount And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 9mount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 9mount

Remove 9mount Configurations and Data

To remove 9mount configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 9mount

Remove 9mount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 9mount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 9mount

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9mount package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.