How To Install python-glareclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-glareclient on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-glareclient
python-glareclient is:
The glare project provides services for accessing a unified catalog of structured meta-information as well as related binary data (these structures are also called ‘artifacts’).
This is a client for glare which uses the OpenStack Glare API. There’s a Python API (the “glareclient” module), and a command-line script (“glare”).
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-glareclient 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-glareclient 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-glareclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-glareclient
Install python-glareclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-glareclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-glareclient
Install python-glareclient 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-glareclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-glareclient
How To Uninstall python-glareclient on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-glareclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-glareclient
Uninstall python-glareclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-glareclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-glareclient
Remove python-glareclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-glareclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-glareclient
Remove python-glareclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-glareclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-glareclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-glareclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
