How To Install atfs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atfs on Ubuntu.
What is atfs
atfs is:
AtFS is a storage system supporting multiple versions of files and associating an arbitrary number of application defined attributes of the form “name=value” with each version. AtFS comes as a function library that is meant as an extension to the UNIX file system. It does this without the need for kernel modifications and without imposing any restrictions to existing file system applications. It is part of ShapeTools, a software configuration management system.
There are three methods to install atfs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install atfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atfs
Install atfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atfs
Install atfs 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 atfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atfs
How To Uninstall atfs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the atfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atfs
Uninstall atfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atfs
Remove atfs Configurations and Data
To remove atfs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atfs
Remove atfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atfs
Dependencies
atfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atfs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.