How To Install librbd1 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 librbd1 on Ubuntu.
What is librbd1
librbd1 is:
RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.
There are three methods to install librbd1 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 librbd1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librbd1
Install librbd1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librbd1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librbd1
Install librbd1 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 librbd1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librbd1
How To Uninstall librbd1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the librbd1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librbd1
Uninstall librbd1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librbd1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbd1
Remove librbd1 Configurations and Data
To remove librbd1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librbd1
Remove librbd1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librbd1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbd1
Dependencies
librbd1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.