How To Install python-diskimage-builder on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-diskimage-builder on Debian 9.
What is python-diskimage-builder
python-diskimage-builder is:
Diskimage-builder tools are the components of TripleO that are responsible for building disk images. It has the core functionality for building disk images, filesystem images and ramdisk images for use with OpenStack (both virtual and bare metal). The core functionality includes the various operating system specific modules for disk/filesystem images, and deployment and hardware inventory ramdisks.
The TripleO project also develops elements that can be used to deploy OpenStack itself. While users and operators can manually script or put together ram disks and disk images, mature automation makes customisation and testing easier.
There are three methods to install python-diskimage-builder 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-diskimage-builder 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-diskimage-builder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-diskimage-builder
Install python-diskimage-builder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-diskimage-builder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-diskimage-builder
Install python-diskimage-builder 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-diskimage-builder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-diskimage-builder
How To Uninstall python-diskimage-builder on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-diskimage-builder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-diskimage-builder
Uninstall python-diskimage-builder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-diskimage-builder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-diskimage-builder
Remove python-diskimage-builder Configurations and Data
To remove python-diskimage-builder configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-diskimage-builder
Remove python-diskimage-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-diskimage-builder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-diskimage-builder
Dependencies
python-diskimage-builder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-diskimage-builder package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
