How To Install python-aodhclient on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aodhclient on Debian 9. python-aodhclient is OpenStack Alarming as a Service - Python 2.7 client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aodhclient on Debian 9.

What is python-aodhclient

python-aodhclient is:

Aodh provides alarming for OpenStack. The alarming component of Aodh, first delivered in the Havana version, allows you to set alarms based on threshold evaluation for a collection of samples. An alarm can be set on a single meter, or on a combination. For example, you may want to trigger an alarm when the memory consumption reaches 70% on a given instance if the instance has been up for more than 10 min.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-aodhclient 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 python-aodhclient Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-aodhclient

Install python-aodhclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-aodhclient

Install python-aodhclient 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 python-aodhclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-aodhclient

How To Uninstall python-aodhclient on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-aodhclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-aodhclient

Uninstall python-aodhclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aodhclient

Remove python-aodhclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aodhclient

Remove python-aodhclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aodhclient

Dependencies

python-aodhclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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