How To Install openstack-dashboard on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard on Debian 9.
What is openstack-dashboard
openstack-dashboard is:
The OpenStack Dashboard is a web application to control an OpenStack cloud. It connects to OpenStack services such as Nova, Swift, or Keystone using the OpenStack REST API just as you would with the command line clients.
There are three methods to install openstack-dashboard on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openstack-dashboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openstack-dashboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openstack-dashboard
Install openstack-dashboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openstack-dashboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openstack-dashboard
Install openstack-dashboard 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 openstack-dashboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openstack-dashboard
How To Uninstall openstack-dashboard on Debian 9
To uninstall only the openstack-dashboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openstack-dashboard
Uninstall openstack-dashboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openstack-dashboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstack-dashboard
Remove openstack-dashboard Configurations and Data
To remove openstack-dashboard configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openstack-dashboard
Remove openstack-dashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openstack-dashboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstack-dashboard
Dependencies
openstack-dashboard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.