How To Install manila-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is manila-common
manila-common is:
OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.
Manila is the OpenStack shared filesystem service.
This package contains commons components for Manila.
There are three methods to install manila-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.