How To Install openstack-dashboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openstack-dashboard
openstack-dashboard is:
The OpenStack Dashboard is a reference implementation of a Django site that uses the Django-Nova project to provide web based interactions with the OpenStack Nova cloud controller.
There are three methods to install openstack-dashboard 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
