How To Install nova-api-os-volume on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-api-os-volume on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nova-api-os-volume
nova-api-os-volume is:
OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.
OpenStack Compute, codenamed Nova, is a cloud computing fabric controller. In addition to its “native” API (the OpenStack API), it also supports the Amazon EC2 API.
This is a dummy transitional package that can be removed after upgrade.
There are three methods to install nova-api-os-volume 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 nova-api-os-volume Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nova-api-os-volume using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nova-api-os-volume
Install nova-api-os-volume Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nova-api-os-volume using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nova-api-os-volume
Install nova-api-os-volume 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 nova-api-os-volume using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nova-api-os-volume
How To Uninstall nova-api-os-volume on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nova-api-os-volume package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nova-api-os-volume
Uninstall nova-api-os-volume And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nova-api-os-volume and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nova-api-os-volume
Remove nova-api-os-volume Configurations and Data
To remove nova-api-os-volume configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nova-api-os-volume
Remove nova-api-os-volume configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nova-api-os-volume configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nova-api-os-volume
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-api-os-volume package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
