How To Install python-cinderclient on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cinderclient on Debian 9. python-cinderclient is Python bindings to the OpenStack Volume API - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-cinderclient

python-cinderclient is:

Cinder is a block storage as service system for the Openstack cloud computing software suite. It is a direct replacement for nova-volume as a separate project. Cinder users LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova.

This package contains the a client for the OpenStack Volume API. There’s a Python API (the “cinderclient” module), and a command-line script (“cinder”). Each implements 100% of the OpenStack Volume API.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cinderclient

Install python-cinderclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cinderclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cinderclient

How To Uninstall python-cinderclient on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cinderclient

Uninstall python-cinderclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cinderclient

Remove python-cinderclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cinderclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cinderclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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