How To Install manila-api on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-api on Debian 12.
What is manila-api
manila-api is:
Manila is an OpenStack project to provide Shared Filesystems as a service. It provides coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems. While the primary consumption of file shares would be across OpenStack Compute instances, the service is also intended to be accessible as an independent capability in line with the modular design established by other OpenStack services. Manila is extensible for multiple backends (to support vendor or file system specific nuances / capabilities) and accommodates any of a variety of shared or distributed file system types.
This package contains the Manila API server.
There are three methods to install manila-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 manila-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 manila-api using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install manila-api
Install manila-api Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install manila-api using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install manila-api
Install manila-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 manila-api using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install manila-api
How To Uninstall manila-api on Debian 12
To uninstall only the manila-api package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove manila-api
Uninstall manila-api And Its Dependencies
To uninstall manila-api and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-api
Remove manila-api Configurations and Data
To remove manila-api configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge manila-api
Remove manila-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove manila-api configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manila-api
Dependencies
manila-api have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-api package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
