How To Install python-ceilometer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometer on Debian 9.
What is python-ceilometer
python-ceilometer is:
Ceilometer aims to deliver a Single Point Of Contact for billing systems, providing all the counters they need to establish customer billing, across all current and future OpenStack components. The delivery of counters must be traceable and auditable, the counters must be easily extensible to support new projects, and agents doing data collections should be independent of the overall system.
(A ceilometer is an instrument that measures cloud coverage.)
This package contains the Python libraries that are needed for all parts of Ceilometer.
There are three methods to install python-ceilometer 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-ceilometer 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-ceilometer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ceilometer
Install python-ceilometer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ceilometer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ceilometer
Install python-ceilometer 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-ceilometer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ceilometer
How To Uninstall python-ceilometer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-ceilometer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ceilometer
Uninstall python-ceilometer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ceilometer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ceilometer
Remove python-ceilometer Configurations and Data
To remove python-ceilometer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ceilometer
Remove python-ceilometer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ceilometer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ceilometer
Dependencies
python-ceilometer have the following dependencies:
- libjs-jquery
- python-concurrent.futures
- python-cotyledon
- python-dateutil
- python-debtcollector
- python-futurist
- python-glanceclient
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
