How To Install salt-formula-glance on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-glance on Debian 9. salt-formula-glance is Salt formula for OpenStack Glance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-glance on Debian 9.

What is salt-formula-glance

salt-formula-glance is:

Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer servers in a fast and efficient way.

This SaltStack formula manages both installation and configuration of OpenStack Glance.

There are three methods to install salt-formula-glance on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install salt-formula-glance Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-formula-glance using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install salt-formula-glance

Install salt-formula-glance Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-formula-glance using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install salt-formula-glance

Install salt-formula-glance 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 salt-formula-glance using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-glance

How To Uninstall salt-formula-glance on Debian 9

To uninstall only the salt-formula-glance package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-glance

Uninstall salt-formula-glance And Its Dependencies

To uninstall salt-formula-glance and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove salt-formula-glance

Remove salt-formula-glance Configurations and Data

To remove salt-formula-glance configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge salt-formula-glance

Remove salt-formula-glance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove salt-formula-glance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-formula-glance

Dependencies

salt-formula-glance have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-glance package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.