How To Install python3-rbd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rbd on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-rbd is Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library

Introduction

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

What is python3-rbd

python3-rbd is:

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package contains Python 3 libraries for interacting with Ceph’s RBD block device library.

Package: python3-rbd Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Priority: optional Section: python Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1383 Depends: librbd1 (>= 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1), python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), libc6 (>= 2.4) Filename: pool/main/c/ceph/python3-rbd_15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb Size: 372412 MD5sum: 22e0291d2e070bce3817ee1415824431 SHA1: 85737f242d3c73001a25ae9d1404906c8e2d4dd9 SHA256: d21ffdda4869b601c238d931d7192296955917dad3aa4ab66c946b58ca411f15 SHA512: e8dea850ba45ae90061336ec6e70ebd1fc7eb1b1f660b817c72464556b312f283e1d1e15c4bf82e85bfbf1148ee3825ed2991dfdcdec55ef5d4e9a81614f54c0 Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package contains Python 3 libraries for interacting with Ceph’s RBD block device library.

Package: python3-rbd Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: python Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1255 Depends: librbd1 (>= 15.2.1-0ubuntu1), python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), libc6 (>= 2.4) Filename: pool/main/c/ceph/python3-rbd_15.2.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 336200 MD5sum: 5059352b50058bc5bf100195ed17eb61 SHA1: 8c8635ca3640873ddb1a2cd285644cc91ef65731 SHA256: 73c6d8fdcb98a2906685d625ac7523c29eefeb8c1df734a844f09c93c184a6be Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package contains Python 3 libraries for interacting with Ceph’s RBD block device library.

There are three methods to install python3-rbd 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-rbd 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-rbd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rbd

Install python3-rbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rbd

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rbd

How To Uninstall python3-rbd on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rbd

Uninstall python3-rbd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rbd

Remove python3-rbd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rbd

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

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

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

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Summary

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