How To Install manila-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common on Debian 9. manila-common is OpenStack shared file system as a service - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common on Debian 9.

What is manila-common

manila-common is:

Manila is an OpenStack project to provide Shared Filesystems as a service. It provides coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems. While the primary consumption of file shares would be across OpenStack Compute instances, the service is also intended to be accessible as an independent capability in line with the modular design established by other OpenStack services. Manila is extensible for multiple backends (to support vendor or file system specific nuances / capabilities) and accommodates any of a variety of shared or distributed file system types.

This package contains commons components for Manila.

There are three methods to install manila-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install manila-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 manila-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install manila-common

Install manila-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install manila-common

Install manila-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install manila-common

How To Uninstall manila-common on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove manila-common

Uninstall manila-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manila-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-common

Remove manila-common Configurations and Data

To remove manila-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manila-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

manila-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.