How To Install python-barbican on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-barbican on Debian 9. python-barbican is OpenStack Key Management Service - Python files

Introduction

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

What is python-barbican

python-barbican is:

The Barbican project provides services for secure storage, provisioning and management of sensitive client secret information such as encryption keys. It aims at being useful for all environments, including large ephemeral Clouds.

This package contains the Python files and libraries.

There are three methods to install python-barbican 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-barbican 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-barbican using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-barbican

Install python-barbican Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-barbican

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-barbican

How To Uninstall python-barbican on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-barbican

Uninstall python-barbican And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-barbican

Remove python-barbican Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-barbican

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-barbican have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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