How To Install salt-formula-ceilometer on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-ceilometer on Debian 9. salt-formula-ceilometer is Salt formula for OpenStack Ceilometer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-ceilometer on Debian 9.

What is salt-formula-ceilometer

salt-formula-ceilometer is:

Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer servers in a fast and efficient way.

This SaltStack formula manages both installation and configuration of OpenStack Ceilometer.

There are three methods to install salt-formula-ceilometer 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 salt-formula-ceilometer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-formula-ceilometer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install salt-formula-ceilometer

Install salt-formula-ceilometer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-formula-ceilometer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install salt-formula-ceilometer

Install salt-formula-ceilometer 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 salt-formula-ceilometer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-ceilometer

How To Uninstall salt-formula-ceilometer on Debian 9

To uninstall only the salt-formula-ceilometer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-ceilometer

Uninstall salt-formula-ceilometer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove salt-formula-ceilometer

Remove salt-formula-ceilometer Configurations and Data

To remove salt-formula-ceilometer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge salt-formula-ceilometer

Remove salt-formula-ceilometer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove salt-formula-ceilometer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-formula-ceilometer

Dependencies

salt-formula-ceilometer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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