How To Install python-tempest on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-tempest on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-tempest is OpenStack Integration Test Suite - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-tempest

python-tempest is:

Tempest is a set of integration tests to be run against a live Openstack cluster in order to make sure that all components are working as expected. Tempest will start and stop virtual machine in order to check that your cloud is working as expected.

This package provides the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-tempest

Install python-tempest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-tempest

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-tempest

How To Uninstall python-tempest on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-tempest

Uninstall python-tempest And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tempest

Remove python-tempest Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tempest

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-tempest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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