How To Install python-cinderclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinderclient on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-cinderclient
python-cinderclient is:
Cinder is a block storage as service system for the Openstack cloud computing software suite. It is a direct replacement for nova-volume as a separate project. Cinder users LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova.
This package contains the a client for the OpenStack Volume API. There’s a Python API (the “cinderclient” module), and a command-line script (“cinder”). Each implements 100% of the OpenStack Volume API.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-cinderclient on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-cinderclient 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-cinderclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cinderclient
Install python-cinderclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cinderclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cinderclient
Install python-cinderclient 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cinderclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cinderclient
How To Uninstall python-cinderclient on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-cinderclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cinderclient
Uninstall python-cinderclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cinderclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cinderclient
Remove python-cinderclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-cinderclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cinderclient
Remove python-cinderclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cinderclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cinderclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinderclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.