How To Install python-libcloud on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libcloud on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libcloud
python-libcloud is:
libcloud is a pure Python client library for interacting with many of the popular cloud server providers using a unified API. It was created to make it easy for developers to build products that work between any of the services that it supports.
- Avoid vendor lock-in
- Use the same API to talk to many different providers
- More than 30 supported providers total
- Four main APIs: Compute, Storage, Load Balancers, DNS
- Supports Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, PyPy and Python 3
Resource you can manage with Libcloud are divided in the following categories:
- Cloud Servers and Block Storage - services such as Amazon EC2 and Rackspace Cloud Servers (libcloud.compute.*)
- Cloud Object Storage and CDN - services such as Amazon S3 and Rackspace CloudFiles (libcloud.storage.*)
- Load Balancers as a Service, LBaaS (libcloud.loadbalancer.*)
- DNS as a Service, DNSaaS (libcloud.dns.*)
libcloud was originally created by the folks over at Cloudkick, but has since grown into an independent free software project licensed under the Apache License (2.0).
There are three methods to install python-libcloud 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-libcloud 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-libcloud using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libcloud
Install python-libcloud Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libcloud using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libcloud
Install python-libcloud 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-libcloud using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libcloud
How To Uninstall python-libcloud on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libcloud package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libcloud
Uninstall python-libcloud And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libcloud and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libcloud
Remove python-libcloud Configurations and Data
To remove python-libcloud configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libcloud
Remove python-libcloud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libcloud configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libcloud
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libcloud package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
