How To Install python3-diskimage-builder on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diskimage-builder
on Debian 11.
What is python3-diskimage-builder
python3-diskimage-builder is:
Diskimage-builder tools are the components of TripleO that are responsible for building disk images. It has the core functionality for building disk images, filesystem images and ramdisk images for use with OpenStack (both virtual and bare metal). The core functionality includes the various operating system specific modules for disk/filesystem images, and deployment and hardware inventory ramdisks.
The TripleO project also develops elements that can be used to deploy OpenStack itself. While users and operators can manually script or put together ram disks and disk images, mature automation makes customisation and testing easier.
This package provides the Python 3.x version.
There are three methods to install python3-diskimage-builder
on Debian 11. 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-diskimage-builder 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-diskimage-builder
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-diskimage-builder
Install python3-diskimage-builder Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-diskimage-builder
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-diskimage-builder
Install python3-diskimage-builder 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-diskimage-builder
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-diskimage-builder
How To Uninstall python3-diskimage-builder on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-diskimage-builder
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-diskimage-builder
Uninstall python3-diskimage-builder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-diskimage-builder
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-diskimage-builder
Remove python3-diskimage-builder Configurations and Data
To remove python3-diskimage-builder
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-diskimage-builder
Remove python3-diskimage-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-diskimage-builder
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-diskimage-builder
Dependencies
python3-diskimage-builder have the following dependencies:
- curl
- debootstrap
- fdisk
- git
- jq
- kpartx
- lvm2
- python3-networkx
- python3-pbr
- python3-stevedore
- python3-yaml
- qemu-utils
- uuid-runtime
- python3-flake8
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diskimage-builder
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.