How To Install python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cinderclient
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-cinderclient
python3-cinderclient is:
Cinder is a block storage as service system for the Openstack cloud computing software suite. It is a direct replacement for nova-volume as a separate project. Cinder users LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova.
This package contains the a client for the OpenStack Volume API. There’s a Python API (the “cinderclient” module), and a command-line script (“cinder”). Each implements 100% of the OpenStack Volume API.
This package provides the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-cinderclient
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-cinderclient Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cinderclient
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cinderclient
Install python3-cinderclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cinderclient
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cinderclient
Install python3-cinderclient 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 python3-cinderclient
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cinderclient
How To Uninstall python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-cinderclient
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cinderclient
Uninstall python3-cinderclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cinderclient
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cinderclient
Remove python3-cinderclient Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cinderclient
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cinderclient
Remove python3-cinderclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cinderclient
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cinderclient
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cinderclient
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.