mb@boxen:~$ apt-get install nfs<tab-2x>
nfs4-acl-tools     nfs-common         nfs-kernel-server  nfswatch

If I were a betting man, I'd put money that you want the 
nfs-kernel-server and common package.

Tab complete is a wonderful thing.

-mb


On 12/02/2011 12:49 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> yeah I should have done this before I wrote but I asked google how to
> apt-get it . and it did..... so I didn't need to ask. Sorry! I thought
> it would be something simple like apt-get nfs. But when I found out it
> wasn't I figured it was complex and I needed to ask. Google first! then you.
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     then it looks as if I'm going to abuse myself and go with NFS! So I
>     guess I need to choose one of the three computers in my network to
>     be the server. How can I tell the computer it is going to be a
>     server? I was told that a linux server is merely a linux desktop
>     with different programs installed by default.   ???? Hmmmmm.... now
>     that I think of it that doesn't make much sense. What programs do I
>     need to install to make ubuntu 11.10 desktop into ubuntu 11.10 server?
>
>     I just attempted to apt-get nfs but the shell is 'unable to locate'
>     the package. Do I need to add a website to the repository list?
>
>
>     On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:56 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com
>     <mailto:jmcphe@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         or sshfs.  a lot more overhead, but runs in userspace.
>
>         I usually use nfs for those things.
>
>
>         On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com
>         <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             I'm gonna take the sadistic answer and say man NFS.
>
>             :-)
>
>             In all seriousness Linux to Linux its the way to go.
>
>             Unless you want to learn rsync and simply have 2 copies of
>             Your data which has a use also.
>
>             On Dec 1, 2011 5:27 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com
>             <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 well, i got the new hard drives in and so now i have
>                 ubuntu on the desktop and mint on the laptop. now i need
>                 direction! Could you point me to a quick networking
>                 guide so I can work on files between the two computers
>                 and print from either of them??
>
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