How To Install python3-openstackclient on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openstackclient on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-openstackclient
python3-openstackclient is:
python-openstackclient is a unified command-line client for the OpenStack APIs. It is a thin wrapper to the stock python-*client modules that implement the actual REST API client actions.
This is an implementation of the design goals shown in http://wiki.openstack.org/UnifiedCLI. The primary goal is to provide a unified shell command structure and a common language to describe operations in OpenStack.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-openstackclient on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-openstackclient 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-openstackclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-openstackclient
Install python3-openstackclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-openstackclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-openstackclient
Install python3-openstackclient 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-openstackclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-openstackclient
How To Uninstall python3-openstackclient on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-openstackclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-openstackclient
Uninstall python3-openstackclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-openstackclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-openstackclient
Remove python3-openstackclient Configurations and Data
To remove python3-openstackclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-openstackclient
Remove python3-openstackclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-openstackclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-openstackclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openstackclient package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
