How To Install python-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04. python-keystonemiddleware is Middleware for OpenStack Identity (Keystone) - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-keystonemiddleware

python-keystonemiddleware is:

This package contains middleware modules designed to provide authentication and authorization features to web services other than Keystone. The most prominent module is keystonemiddleware.auth_token. This package does not expose any CLI or Python API features.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-keystonemiddleware

Install python-keystonemiddleware Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-keystonemiddleware

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-keystonemiddleware

How To Uninstall python-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-keystonemiddleware

Uninstall python-keystonemiddleware And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-keystonemiddleware

Remove python-keystonemiddleware Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-keystonemiddleware

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

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

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

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Summary

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