How To Install os-brick-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-brick-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is os-brick-common
os-brick-common is:
OpenStack Cinder brick library for managing local volume attaches.
Features discovery of volumes being attached to a host for many transport protocols and removal of volumes from a host.
This package contains common files needed by either the Python 2 or 3 module of os-brick.
There are three methods to install os-brick-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 os-brick-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 os-brick-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install os-brick-common
Install os-brick-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install os-brick-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install os-brick-common
Install os-brick-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 os-brick-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install os-brick-common
How To Uninstall os-brick-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the os-brick-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove os-brick-common
Uninstall os-brick-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall os-brick-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove os-brick-common
Remove os-brick-common Configurations and Data
To remove os-brick-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge os-brick-common
Remove os-brick-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove os-brick-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge os-brick-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-brick-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
