How To Install salt-formula-nova on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-nova on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is salt-formula-nova
salt-formula-nova 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 Nova.
There are three methods to install salt-formula-nova 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-nova 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-nova using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install salt-formula-nova
Install salt-formula-nova Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install salt-formula-nova using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install salt-formula-nova
Install salt-formula-nova 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-nova using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-nova
How To Uninstall salt-formula-nova on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the salt-formula-nova package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-nova
Uninstall salt-formula-nova And Its Dependencies
To uninstall salt-formula-nova 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-nova
Remove salt-formula-nova Configurations and Data
To remove salt-formula-nova configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge salt-formula-nova
Remove salt-formula-nova configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove salt-formula-nova configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-formula-nova
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-nova package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
