How To Install python-senlin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-senlin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-senlin
python-senlin is:
Senlin is a clustering service for OpenStack clouds. It creates and operates clusters of homogeneous objects exposed by other OpenStack services. The goal is to make the orchestration of collections of similar objects easier.
Senlin provides RESTful APIs to users so that they can associate various policies to a cluster. Sample policies include placement policy, load balancing policy, health policy, scaling policy, update policy and so on.
Senlin is designed to be capable of managing different types of objects. An object’s lifecycle is managed using profile type implementations, which are themselves plugins.
This package provides the Python 2.7 library.
There are three methods to install python-senlin 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-senlin 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-senlin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-senlin
Install python-senlin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-senlin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-senlin
Install python-senlin 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-senlin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-senlin
How To Uninstall python-senlin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-senlin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-senlin
Uninstall python-senlin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-senlin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-senlin
Remove python-senlin Configurations and Data
To remove python-senlin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-senlin
Remove python-senlin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-senlin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-senlin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-senlin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
