How To Install python-nova on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nova on Debian 9.
What is python-nova
python-nova is:
OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.
OpenStack Compute, codenamed Nova, is a cloud computing fabric controller designed to be modular and easy to extend and adapt. In addition to its “native” OpenStack API, it also supports the Amazon EC2 API, and it supports many different database backends (including SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL), hypervisors (KVM, Xen), and user directory systems (LDAP, SQL).
This package contains the core Python parts of Nova.
There are three methods to install python-nova 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-nova 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-nova using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nova
Install python-nova Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nova using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nova
Install python-nova 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-nova using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nova
How To Uninstall python-nova on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-nova package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nova
Uninstall python-nova And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nova and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nova
Remove python-nova Configurations and Data
To remove python-nova configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nova
Remove python-nova configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nova configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nova
Dependencies
python-nova have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nova package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
