How To Install python-gnocchi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gnocchi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gnocchi
python-gnocchi is:
Gnocchi is a service for managing a set of resources and storing metrics about them, in a scalable and resilient way. Its functionalities are exposed over an HTTP REST API.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-gnocchi 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-gnocchi 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-gnocchi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gnocchi
Install python-gnocchi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gnocchi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gnocchi
Install python-gnocchi 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-gnocchi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gnocchi
How To Uninstall python-gnocchi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gnocchi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gnocchi
Uninstall python-gnocchi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gnocchi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gnocchi
Remove python-gnocchi Configurations and Data
To remove python-gnocchi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gnocchi
Remove python-gnocchi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gnocchi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gnocchi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gnocchi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
