How To Install python-rados on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rados on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rados
python-rados is:
Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.
This package contains Python libraries for interacting with Ceph’s RADOS object storage.
There are three methods to install python-rados 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-rados 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-rados using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rados
Install python-rados Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rados using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rados
Install python-rados 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-rados using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rados
How To Uninstall python-rados on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rados package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rados
Uninstall python-rados And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rados and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rados
Remove python-rados Configurations and Data
To remove python-rados configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rados
Remove python-rados configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rados configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rados
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rados package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
