How To Install python-cinder on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinder on Debian 9. python-cinder is OpenStack block storage system - Python libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinder on Debian 9.

What is python-cinder

python-cinder is:

Cinder is a block Storage-as-a-Service system for the OpenStack cloud computing suite. It re-implements the features of Nova-volume, which it directly replaces.

Cinder uses LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova. It also has back-end drivers for many hardware and software storage solutions like Ceph, NFS, Net-APP, etc.

This package contains the Python libraries that are part of Cinder.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cinder

Install python-cinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cinder

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cinder

How To Uninstall python-cinder on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cinder

Uninstall python-cinder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-cinder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cinder

Remove python-cinder Configurations and Data

To remove python-cinder configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cinder

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cinder have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinder package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.