How To Install python3-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-keystonemiddleware is Middleware for OpenStack Identity (Keystone) - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-keystonemiddleware

python3-keystonemiddleware is:

This package contains middleware modules designed to provide authentication and authorization features to web services other than Keystone. The most prominent module is keystonemiddleware.auth_token. This package does not expose any CLI or Python API features.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-keystonemiddleware 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-keystonemiddleware using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-keystonemiddleware

Install python3-keystonemiddleware Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-keystonemiddleware

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-keystonemiddleware

How To Uninstall python3-keystonemiddleware on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-keystonemiddleware

Uninstall python3-keystonemiddleware And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-keystonemiddleware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-keystonemiddleware

Remove python3-keystonemiddleware Configurations and Data

To remove python3-keystonemiddleware configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-keystonemiddleware

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-keystonemiddleware package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.