How To Install python3-congress on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-congress on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-congress is OpenStack Policy as a Service - Python libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-congress on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-congress

python3-congress is:

Congress is an OpenStack project to provide policy as a service across any collection of cloud services in order to offer governance and compliance for dynamic infrastructures.

This package contains the Python libraries that are part of Congress.

There are three methods to install python3-congress on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-congress Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-congress using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-congress

Install python3-congress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-congress using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-congress

Install python3-congress 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 python3-congress using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-congress

How To Uninstall python3-congress on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python3-congress package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-congress

Uninstall python3-congress And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-congress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-congress

Remove python3-congress Configurations and Data

To remove python3-congress configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-congress

Remove python3-congress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-congress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-congress

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-congress package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.