How To Install python3-saharaclient on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-saharaclient on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-saharaclient is Client library for Openstack Sahara API server - Python 3.x module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-saharaclient on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-saharaclient

python3-saharaclient is:

Sahara aims to provide users with simple means to provision a Hadoop cluster by specifying several parameters like Hadoop version, cluster topology, nodes hardware details and a few more.

This is a client for the Sahara which uses the OpenStack Image API. There’s a Python API (the “saharaclient” module), and a command-line script (“sahara”).

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-saharaclient

Install python3-saharaclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-saharaclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-saharaclient

How To Uninstall python3-saharaclient on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-saharaclient

Uninstall python3-saharaclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-saharaclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-saharaclient

Remove python3-saharaclient Configurations and Data

To remove python3-saharaclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-saharaclient

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-saharaclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.