====== nfs-common ======
Out of the box, LMDE doesn't come with the ability to mount nfs shares across the network.

When you try to issue a command like this in a terminal:
<code>
sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.10.200:/volume1/shared_directory /mnt/nfs/shared_directory
</code>

the system will output a warning saying:
<code>
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.10.200:/volume1/shared_directory,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
       need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so
</code>

===== Install the nfs-common Package =====
The solution is quite simple: you need to install the nfs-common package by issuing the following commands:
<code>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nfs-common
</code>

===== Mount an NFS Shared Directory =====
Once done, you'll need to create a directory where to mount the target nfs share and mount it using the mount command:
<code>
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/shared_directory
sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.10.200:/volume1/shared_directory /mnt/nfs/shared_directory
</code>

==== Automatic Mount at Boot Time ====
To have an nfs share automatically mounted at boot time, you need to edit the fstab on your system.

The general syntax for mounting an nfs share in fstab is:
<code>
<server>:</remote/export> </local/directory> <nfs-type> <options> 0 0
</code>

Replace <server> with the hostname, IP address, or fully qualified domain name of the server exporting the file system.

Replace </remote/export> with the path to the exported directory (the path to the nfs shared directory on server).

Replace </local/directory> with the local file system on which the exported directory is mounted. This mount point must exist before /etc/fstab is read or the mount fails.

Replace <nfs-type> with either nfs for NFSv2 or NFSv3 servers, or nfs4 for NFSv4 servers.

Replace <options> with a comma separated list of options for the NFS file system (refer to [[https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s1-nfs-client-config-options.html|“Common NFS Mount Options”]] for details). Refer to the fstab man page for additional information.

In my case, mounting two nfs shares, resulted in the following entry in /etc/fstab:
<code>
192.168.0.200:/volume1/nfs_share_01 /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_01 nfs rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,timeo=14
192.168.0.200:/volume2/nfs_share_02 /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_02 nfs rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,timeo=14
</code>

Of course both local mount points had to be created beforehand:
<code>
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_01 /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_02
</code>

Once your fstab is modified, you can test it is working as expected by issuing commands like:
<code>
sudo mount -a
ls -la /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_01
ls -la /mnt/nfs/nfs_share_02
</code>

The ls command should show you the content of each nfs share. If it's empty, something is not working as expected.