How To Install gnocchi-api on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-api on Debian 12.
What is gnocchi-api
gnocchi-api is:
Gnocchi is a service for managing a set of resources and storing metrics about them, in a scalable and resilient way. Its functionalities are exposed over an HTTP REST API.
This package contains the API server.
There are three methods to install gnocchi-api on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnocchi-api Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnocchi-api using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnocchi-api
Install gnocchi-api Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnocchi-api using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnocchi-api
Install gnocchi-api 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 gnocchi-api using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnocchi-api
How To Uninstall gnocchi-api on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnocchi-api package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnocchi-api
Uninstall gnocchi-api And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnocchi-api and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnocchi-api
Remove gnocchi-api Configurations and Data
To remove gnocchi-api configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnocchi-api
Remove gnocchi-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnocchi-api configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnocchi-api
Dependencies
gnocchi-api have the following dependencies:
- adduser
- debconf
- gnocchi-common
- lsb-base
- python3-keystoneclient
- python3-openstackclient
- python3-pastescript
- q-text-as-data
- uwsgi-plugin-python3
- debconf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-api package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
