How To Install salt-formula-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-ceilometer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
