How To Install openstack-debian-images-updater on Debian 12

Learn how to install openstack-debian-images-updater on Debian 12 with this tutorial. openstack-debian-images-updater is script to build a Debian image for OpenStack

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-debian-images-updater on Debian 12.

What is openstack-debian-images-updater

openstack-debian-images-updater is:

This package contains a script which is helpful for creating images to be used with the OpenStack IaaS cloud software suite. It uses only tools available within Debian.

This package contains the necessary scripting tools to update a production OpenStack cluster with the latest version of the images generated by the openstack-debian-images-build-farm package.

There are three methods to install openstack-debian-images-updater 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 openstack-debian-images-updater 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-debian-images-updater using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openstack-debian-images-updater

Install openstack-debian-images-updater Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openstack-debian-images-updater using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openstack-debian-images-updater

Install openstack-debian-images-updater 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-debian-images-updater using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openstack-debian-images-updater

How To Uninstall openstack-debian-images-updater on Debian 12

To uninstall only the openstack-debian-images-updater package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openstack-debian-images-updater

Uninstall openstack-debian-images-updater And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openstack-debian-images-updater and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstack-debian-images-updater

Remove openstack-debian-images-updater Configurations and Data

To remove openstack-debian-images-updater configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openstack-debian-images-updater

Remove openstack-debian-images-updater configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openstack-debian-images-updater configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstack-debian-images-updater

Dependencies

openstack-debian-images-updater have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-debian-images-updater package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.