How To Install python-glare on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-glare on Ubuntu 18.04. python-glare is OpenStack Artifact Repository - Python 2.7 library

Introduction

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

What is python-glare

python-glare is:

The Glance project provides services for discovering, registering, and retrieving virtual machine images over the cloud. They may be stand-alone services, or may be used to deliver images from object stores, such as OpenStack’s Swift service, to Nova’s compute nodes.

This package contains the Python libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-glare

Install python-glare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-glare

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-glare

How To Uninstall python-glare on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-glare

Uninstall python-glare And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-glare

Remove python-glare Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-glare

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

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

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

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Summary

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