How to Install nbdkit software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install nbdkit software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

nbdkit software package provides toolkit for creating NBD servers, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nbdkit 

nbdkit is installed in your system.

Make ensure the nbdkit package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nbdkit *

You will get with nbdkit package name, version, architecture and description in a table

nbdkit package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package nbdkit
Version 1.1.3-2
Description toolkit for creating NBD servers
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove nbdkit software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?