Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfarm1 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgfarm1
libgfarm1 is:
The Gfarm file system is designed to turn commodity PCs into nodes of
a distributed storage network, implementing the Grid Datafarm
architecture for global petascale data-intensive computing. It solves
performance and reliability problems in NFS and AFS by means of
multiple file replicas, and not only prevents performance degradation
due to access concentration, but also supports fault tolerance and
disaster recovery.
This package provides the shared library required for accessing
files via Gfarm.
There are three methods to install libgfarm1 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 libgfarm1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfarm1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfarm1
Install libgfarm1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfarm1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfarm1
Install libgfarm1 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 libgfarm1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfarm1
How To Uninstall libgfarm1 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgfarm1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfarm1
Uninstall libgfarm1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfarm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfarm1
Remove libgfarm1 Configurations and Data
To remove libgfarm1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfarm1
Remove libgfarm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfarm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfarm1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfarm1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
