How To Install python3-novaclient on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-novaclient on Kali Linux. python3-novaclient is client library for OpenStack Compute API - 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-novaclient

python3-novaclient is:

OpenStack Compute, codenamed Nova, is a cloud computing fabric controller designed to be modular and easy to extend and adapt. In addition to its “native” OpenStack API, it also supports the Amazon EC2 API, and it supports many different database backends (including SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL), hypervisors (KVM, Xen), and user directory systems (LDAP, SQL).

Python novaclient library and nova CLI tool for interacting with OpenStack Compute (Nova) through the OpenStack Compute API.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-novaclient

Install python3-novaclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-novaclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-novaclient

How To Uninstall python3-novaclient on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-novaclient

Uninstall python3-novaclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-novaclient

Remove python3-novaclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-novaclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-novaclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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