How To Install glare-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install glare-common on Ubuntu 20.04. glare-common is OpenStack Artifact Repository - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glare-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is glare-common

glare-common is:

Glare (from GLare Artifact REpository) is a service that provides access to a unified catalog of structured meta-information as well as related binary data (these structures are also called ‘artifacts’).

This package contains common files for Glare.

There are three methods to install glare-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install glare-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install glare-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install glare-common

Install glare-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glare-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glare-common

Install glare-common 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 glare-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glare-common

How To Uninstall glare-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the glare-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glare-common

Uninstall glare-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glare-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glare-common

Remove glare-common Configurations and Data

To remove glare-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glare-common

Remove glare-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove glare-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glare-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glare-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.