How To Install python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-cinderclient`

python3-cinderclient is:

Cinder is a block storage as service system for the Openstack cloud computing software suite. It is a direct replacement for nova-volume as a separate project. Cinder users LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova.

This package contains the a client for the OpenStack Volume API. There’s a Python API (the “cinderclient” module), and a command-line script (“cinder”). Each implements 100% of the OpenStack Volume API.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu. 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-cinderclient 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-cinderclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cinderclient

Install python3-cinderclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-cinderclient using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-cinderclient

Install python3-cinderclient 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-cinderclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cinderclient

How To Uninstall python3-cinderclient on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-cinderclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-cinderclient

Uninstall python3-cinderclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-cinderclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cinderclient

Remove python3-cinderclient Configurations and Data

To remove python3-cinderclient configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cinderclient

Remove python3-cinderclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-cinderclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cinderclient

Dependencies

python3-cinderclient have the following dependencies:

References

python3-cinderclient website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cinderclient package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.