How To Install python-ceilometermiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometermiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04. python-ceilometermiddleware is OpenStack Telemetry middleware for generating metrics - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometermiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-ceilometermiddleware

python-ceilometermiddleware is:

This library provides middleware modules designed to enable metric and event data generation to be consumed by Ceilometer.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-ceilometermiddleware 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 python-ceilometermiddleware 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-ceilometermiddleware using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-ceilometermiddleware

Install python-ceilometermiddleware Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ceilometermiddleware

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ceilometermiddleware

How To Uninstall python-ceilometermiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ceilometermiddleware

Uninstall python-ceilometermiddleware And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-ceilometermiddleware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ceilometermiddleware

Remove python-ceilometermiddleware Configurations and Data

To remove python-ceilometermiddleware configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ceilometermiddleware

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ceilometermiddleware package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.