How To Install python-novaclient on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-novaclient on Debian 9. python-novaclient is client library for OpenStack Compute API - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-novaclient on Debian 9.

What is python-novaclient

python-novaclient is:

OpenStack Compute, codenamed Nova, is a cloud computing fabric controller designed to be modular and easy to extend and adapt. In addition to its “native” OpenStack API, it also supports the Amazon EC2 API, and it supports many different database backends (including SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL), hypervisors (KVM, Xen), and user directory systems (LDAP, SQL).

Python novaclient library and nova CLI tool for interacting with OpenStack Compute (Nova) through the OpenStack Compute API.

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-novaclient on Debian 9. 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-novaclient 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-novaclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-novaclient

Install python-novaclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-novaclient

Install python-novaclient 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-novaclient

How To Uninstall python-novaclient on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-novaclient

Uninstall python-novaclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-novaclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-novaclient

Remove python-novaclient Configurations and Data

To remove python-novaclient configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-novaclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-novaclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-novaclient package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.