How To Install python-searchlightclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-searchlightclient on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-searchlightclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
