How To Install heat-api-cfn on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heat-api-cfn on Debian 11.
What is heat-api-cfn
heat-api-cfn is:
Heat is a service to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using templates, through both an OpenStack-native ReST API and a CloudFormation-compatible Query API.
This package contains the CloudFormation (CFN) API.
There are three methods to install heat-api-cfn on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install heat-api-cfn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heat-api-cfn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heat-api-cfn
Install heat-api-cfn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heat-api-cfn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heat-api-cfn
Install heat-api-cfn 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 heat-api-cfn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heat-api-cfn
How To Uninstall heat-api-cfn on Debian 11
To uninstall only the heat-api-cfn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heat-api-cfn
Uninstall heat-api-cfn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heat-api-cfn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heat-api-cfn
Remove heat-api-cfn Configurations and Data
To remove heat-api-cfn configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heat-api-cfn
Remove heat-api-cfn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heat-api-cfn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heat-api-cfn
Dependencies
heat-api-cfn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heat-api-cfn package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.