How To Install python-gnocchiclient on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gnocchiclient on Debian 9.
What is python-gnocchiclient
python-gnocchiclient is:
This is a client for OpenStack gnocchi API. There’s a Python API (the gnocchiclient module), and a command-line script. Each implements the entire OpenStack Gnocchi API.
Gnocchi is a service for managing a set of resources and storing metrics about them, in a scalable and resilient way. Its functionalities are exposed over an HTTP REST API.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-gnocchiclient 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-gnocchiclient 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-gnocchiclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gnocchiclient
Install python-gnocchiclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gnocchiclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gnocchiclient
Install python-gnocchiclient 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-gnocchiclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gnocchiclient
How To Uninstall python-gnocchiclient on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-gnocchiclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gnocchiclient
Uninstall python-gnocchiclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gnocchiclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gnocchiclient
Remove python-gnocchiclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-gnocchiclient configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gnocchiclient
Remove python-gnocchiclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gnocchiclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gnocchiclient
Dependencies
python-gnocchiclient have the following dependencies:
- python-cliff
- python-futurist
- python-keystoneauth1
- python-oslo.serialization
- python-oslo.utils
- python-pbr
- python-six
- python2.7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gnocchiclient package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
