How to Install and Uninstall python-libcloud Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python-libcloud" package

Please follow the instructions below to install python-libcloud on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-libcloud" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall python-libcloud on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                python-libcloud
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-libcloud package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-libcloud
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 8565
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: all
Source: libcloud
Version: 0.20.0-1
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python-crypto (>= 2.6), python-lockfile, python-simplejson
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcloud/python-libcloud_0.20.0-1_all.deb
Size: 793714
MD5sum: 1c57b9d85c715a02c9c978ad6109fc7b
SHA1: 28a6e03804728ea28ae1a01a99acf0b7b00f7704
SHA256: afb345e0cca5f3d8aa23d3261568ec69093c32a9c1db2d86794efb86d09a2d9a
Description-en: unified Python interface into the cloud
libcloud is a pure Python client library for interacting with many of the
popular cloud server providers using a unified API. It was created to make it
easy for developers to build products that work between any of the services
that it supports.
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* Avoid vendor lock-in
* Use the same API to talk to many different providers
* More than 30 supported providers total
* Four main APIs: Compute, Storage, Load Balancers, DNS
* Supports Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, PyPy and Python 3
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Resource you can manage with Libcloud are divided in the following categories:
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* Cloud Servers and Block Storage - services such as Amazon EC2 and
Rackspace Cloud Servers (libcloud.compute.*)
* Cloud Object Storage and CDN - services such as Amazon S3 and
Rackspace CloudFiles (libcloud.storage.*)
* Load Balancers as a Service, LBaaS (libcloud.loadbalancer.*)
* DNS as a Service, DNSaaS (libcloud.dns.*)
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libcloud was originally created by the folks over at Cloudkick, but has
since grown into an independent free software project licensed under
the Apache License (2.0).
Description-md5: a87eb903408693bbb6f0b70287632dfe
Homepage: https://libcloud.apache.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu