How To Install python-os-service-types on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-service-types on Ubuntu 18.04. python-os-service-types is Python library for consuming OpenStack sevice-types-authority data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-service-types on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-os-service-types

python-os-service-types is:

The OpenStack Service Types Authority contains information about official OpenStack services and their historical service-type aliases.

The data is in JSON and the latest data should always be used. This simple library exists to allow for easy consumption of the data, along with a built-in version of the data to use in case network access is for some reason not possible and local caching of the fetched data.

This package provides the Python 2 module.

There are three methods to install python-os-service-types 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-os-service-types 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-os-service-types using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-os-service-types

Install python-os-service-types Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-os-service-types using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-os-service-types

Install python-os-service-types 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-os-service-types using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-os-service-types

How To Uninstall python-os-service-types on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-os-service-types package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-os-service-types

Uninstall python-os-service-types And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-os-service-types and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-os-service-types

Remove python-os-service-types Configurations and Data

To remove python-os-service-types configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-os-service-types

Remove python-os-service-types configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-os-service-types configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-os-service-types

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-service-types package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.