How To Install python3-designateclient on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-designateclient on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-designateclient is client library for the OpenStack Designate API - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-designateclient on Debian 10.

What is python3-designateclient

python3-designateclient is:

Designate provides DNSaaS services for OpenStack. It provides a multi-tenant REST API for domain & record management. It is Integrated with Keystone for authentication, and provides a framework in place to integrate with Nova and Neutron notifications (for auto-generated records). Designate supports PowerDNS and Bind9 out of the box.

This is a client for the OpenStack Designate API. There’s a Python API (the “designateclient” module), and a command-line script (“designate”).

Installing this package gets you a shell command, that you can use to interact with Designate’s API.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-designateclient 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 python3-designateclient 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-designateclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-designateclient

Install python3-designateclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-designateclient using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-designateclient

Install python3-designateclient 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 python3-designateclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-designateclient

How To Uninstall python3-designateclient on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-designateclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-designateclient

Uninstall python3-designateclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-designateclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-designateclient

Remove python3-designateclient Configurations and Data

To remove python3-designateclient configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-designateclient

Remove python3-designateclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-designateclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-designateclient

Dependencies

python3-designateclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-designateclient package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.