How To Install python-ceilometerclient on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometerclient on Debian 9. python-ceilometerclient is Client library for Openstack Ceilometer API server - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-ceilometerclient

python-ceilometerclient is:

Ceilometer aims to deliver a unique point of contact for billing systems to acquire all counters they need to establish customer billing, across all current and future OpenStack components. The delivery of counters must be tracable and auditable, the counters must be easily extensible to support new projects, and agents doing data collections should be independent of the overall system.

This is a client for the Ceilometer which uses the OpenStack Image API. There’s a Python API (the “ceilometerclient” module), and a command-line script (“ceilometer”).

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ceilometerclient

Install python-ceilometerclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ceilometerclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ceilometerclient

How To Uninstall python-ceilometerclient on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ceilometerclient

Uninstall python-ceilometerclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ceilometerclient

Remove python-ceilometerclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ceilometerclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ceilometerclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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