How To Install python-pycadf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycadf on Debian 9. python-pycadf is implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycadf on Debian 9.

What is python-pycadf

python-pycadf is:

pyCADF is an implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model. DMTF Cloud Management Initiative is promoting the work of the Cloud Management Work Group, the Cloud Auditing Data Federation Working Group, the System Virtualization, Partitioning, Clustering Working Group and the Software Entitlement Working Group. See http://dmtf.org for details.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pycadf

Install python-pycadf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pycadf

Install python-pycadf 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-pycadf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pycadf

How To Uninstall python-pycadf on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-pycadf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pycadf

Uninstall python-pycadf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pycadf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycadf

Remove python-pycadf Configurations and Data

To remove python-pycadf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycadf

Remove python-pycadf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycadf

Dependencies

python-pycadf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycadf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.