How To Install python-castellan on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-castellan on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-castellan is generic key manager interface for OpenStack - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-castellan on Debian 10.

What is `python-castellan`

python-castellan is:

The Castellan module provides a generic key manager interface so that OpenStack projects can use Barbican, but also have the flexibilty to choose an alternative Key Manager as needed. This is helpful during development, for example, where a simple implementation of the Key Manager Interface can be used instead of having to spin up a Barbican instance.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-castellan on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-castellan Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-castellan using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-castellan

Install python-castellan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-castellan using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-castellan

Install python-castellan 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 python-castellan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-castellan

How To Uninstall python-castellan on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-castellan package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-castellan

Uninstall python-castellan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-castellan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-castellan

Remove python-castellan Configurations and Data

To remove python-castellan configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-castellan

Remove python-castellan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-castellan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-castellan

Dependencies

python-castellan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-castellan package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.