How To Install python-sahara on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sahara on Ubuntu 18.04. python-sahara is OpenStack data processing cluster as a service - library

Introduction

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

What is python-sahara

python-sahara is:

The Sahara project provides a simple means to provision a data-intensive application cluster (Hadoop or Spark) on top of OpenStack. It’s the ex Savanna project, renamed due to potential trademark issues.

This package contains the Python libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-sahara

Install python-sahara Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sahara

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-sahara

How To Uninstall python-sahara on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-sahara

Uninstall python-sahara And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sahara

Remove python-sahara Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sahara

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

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

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

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Summary

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