How To Install python-heat on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-heat on Ubuntu 18.04. python-heat is OpenStack orchestration service - Python files

Introduction

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

What is python-heat

python-heat is:

Heat is a service to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using templates, through both an OpenStack-native ReST API and a CloudFormation-compatible Query API.

This package contains the Python libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-heat

Install python-heat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-heat

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-heat

How To Uninstall python-heat on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-heat

Uninstall python-heat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-heat

Remove python-heat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-heat

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

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

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

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Summary

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