How To Install salt-formula-swift on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is salt-formula-swift

salt-formula-swift 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 Swift.

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

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

Install salt-formula-swift Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install salt-formula-swift

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

sudo aptitude -y install salt-formula-swift

How To Uninstall salt-formula-swift on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove salt-formula-swift

Uninstall salt-formula-swift And Its Dependencies

To uninstall salt-formula-swift 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-swift

Remove salt-formula-swift Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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