How To Install nfs-ganesha-rgw 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 nfs-ganesha-rgw on Ubuntu.
What is nfs-ganesha-rgw
nfs-ganesha-rgw is:
NFS-GANESHA is a NFS Server running in user space with a large cache. It comes with various backend modules to support different file systems and namespaces. Supported name spaces are POSIX, PROXY, SNMP, FUSE-like, HPSS, LUSTRE, XFS and ZFS.
This package contains a library for a FSAL_RGW and an example rgw.conf file
There are three methods to install nfs-ganesha-rgw 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 nfs-ganesha-rgw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha-rgw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-ganesha-rgw
Install nfs-ganesha-rgw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nfs-ganesha-rgw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nfs-ganesha-rgw
Install nfs-ganesha-rgw 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 nfs-ganesha-rgw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nfs-ganesha-rgw
How To Uninstall nfs-ganesha-rgw on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nfs-ganesha-rgw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nfs-ganesha-rgw
Uninstall nfs-ganesha-rgw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nfs-ganesha-rgw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-ganesha-rgw
Remove nfs-ganesha-rgw Configurations and Data
To remove nfs-ganesha-rgw configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-ganesha-rgw
Remove nfs-ganesha-rgw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nfs-ganesha-rgw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-ganesha-rgw
Dependencies
nfs-ganesha-rgw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-ganesha-rgw package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.