How To Install python-cephfs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cephfs on Debian 9. python-cephfs is Python libraries for the Ceph libcephfs library

Introduction

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

What is python-cephfs

python-cephfs is:

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package contains Python libraries for interacting with Ceph’s CephFS file system client library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cephfs

Install python-cephfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cephfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cephfs

How To Uninstall python-cephfs on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cephfs

Uninstall python-cephfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cephfs

Remove python-cephfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cephfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cephfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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