How To Install python-searchlightclient on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-searchlightclient on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-searchlightclient is OpenStack Indexing and Search API Client Library - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-searchlightclient on Debian 10.

What is python-searchlightclient

python-searchlightclient is:

The Searchlight project provides indexing and search capabilities across OpenStack resources. Its goal is to achieve high performance and flexible querying combined with near real-time indexing.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-searchlightclient on Debian 10. 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-searchlightclient 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-searchlightclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-searchlightclient

Install python-searchlightclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-searchlightclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-searchlightclient

How To Uninstall python-searchlightclient on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-searchlightclient

Uninstall python-searchlightclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-searchlightclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-searchlightclient

Remove python-searchlightclient Configurations and Data

To remove python-searchlightclient configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-searchlightclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-searchlightclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-searchlightclient package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.