How To Install cinder-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-common on Ubuntu 22.04. cinder-common is Cinder storage service - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-common on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cinder-common

cinder-common is:

OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.

Cinder is the OpenStack Block storage service.

This package contains commons components for Cinder.

There are three methods to install cinder-common on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cinder-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cinder-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cinder-common

Install cinder-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cinder-common

Install cinder-common 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 cinder-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinder-common

How To Uninstall cinder-common on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cinder-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinder-common

Uninstall cinder-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cinder-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinder-common

Remove cinder-common Configurations and Data

To remove cinder-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinder-common

Remove cinder-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinder-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.