How To Install python3-ironic on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ironic on Kali Linux. python3-ironic is bare metal hypervisor API for OpenStack - Python lib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ironic on Kali Linux.

What is python3-ironic

python3-ironic is:

Ironic provision bare metal machines instead of virtual machines. It is a fork of the Nova Baremetal driver. It is best thought of as a bare metal hypervisor API and a set of plugins which interact with the bare metal hypervisors. By default, it will use PXE and IPMI in concert to provision and turn on/off machines, but Ironic also supports vendor-specific plugins which may implement additional functionality.

This package provides the Ironic Python library.

There are three methods to install python3-ironic on Kali Linux. 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-ironic 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-ironic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ironic

Install python3-ironic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ironic

Install python3-ironic Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ironic

How To Uninstall python3-ironic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ironic

Uninstall python3-ironic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-ironic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ironic

Remove python3-ironic Configurations and Data

To remove python3-ironic configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ironic

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ironic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ironic package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.