How To Install libnbd0 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 libnbd0 on Ubuntu.
What is libnbd0
libnbd0 is:
NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.
This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.
The key features are:
Synchronous and asynchronous APIs, both for ease of use and for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients.
High performance.
Minimal dependencies for the basic library.
Well-documented, stable API.
Bindings in several programming languages.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libnbd0 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 libnbd0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnbd0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnbd0
Install libnbd0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnbd0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnbd0
Install libnbd0 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 libnbd0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnbd0
How To Uninstall libnbd0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnbd0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnbd0
Uninstall libnbd0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnbd0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnbd0
Remove libnbd0 Configurations and Data
To remove libnbd0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnbd0
Remove libnbd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnbd0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnbd0
Dependencies
libnbd0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.