How To Install salt-formula-horizon on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-horizon on Ubuntu 18.04. salt-formula-horizon is Salt formula for OpenStack Horizon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-formula-horizon on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is salt-formula-horizon

salt-formula-horizon 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 Horizon.

There are three methods to install salt-formula-horizon 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 salt-formula-horizon 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-horizon using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install salt-formula-horizon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install salt-formula-horizon

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

sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-horizon

How To Uninstall salt-formula-horizon on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-horizon

Uninstall salt-formula-horizon And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove salt-formula-horizon Configurations and Data

To remove salt-formula-horizon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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