How To Install salt-formula-neutron on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-neutron on Ubuntu 18.04. salt-formula-neutron is Salt formula for OpenStack Neutron

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-neutron on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is salt-formula-neutron

salt-formula-neutron 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 Neutron.

There are three methods to install salt-formula-neutron 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-neutron 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-neutron using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install salt-formula-neutron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install salt-formula-neutron

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

sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-neutron

How To Uninstall salt-formula-neutron on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-neutron

Uninstall salt-formula-neutron And Its Dependencies

To uninstall salt-formula-neutron 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-neutron

Remove salt-formula-neutron Configurations and Data

To remove salt-formula-neutron configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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