How To Install python-elasticsearch-curator on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-elasticsearch-curator on Debian 9.
What is python-elasticsearch-curator
python-elasticsearch-curator is:
Elasticsearch Curator helps manage Elasticsearch time-series indices. It consists of a Python library and a CLI tool providing a high-level interface to Elasticsearch administration tasks, such as:
- Management of index aliases
- Index optimization
- Changing the replica count
- Modifying the shard/index allocation using routing tags
- Index snapshotting
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-elasticsearch-curator 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-elasticsearch-curator 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-elasticsearch-curator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-elasticsearch-curator
Install python-elasticsearch-curator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-elasticsearch-curator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-elasticsearch-curator
Install python-elasticsearch-curator 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-elasticsearch-curator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-elasticsearch-curator
How To Uninstall python-elasticsearch-curator on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-elasticsearch-curator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-elasticsearch-curator
Uninstall python-elasticsearch-curator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-elasticsearch-curator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-elasticsearch-curator
Remove python-elasticsearch-curator Configurations and Data
To remove python-elasticsearch-curator configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-elasticsearch-curator
Remove python-elasticsearch-curator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-elasticsearch-curator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-elasticsearch-curator
Dependencies
python-elasticsearch-curator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-elasticsearch-curator package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
