How To Install libgearman7 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgearman7 on Debian 9.
What is libgearman7
libgearman7 is:
Gearman is a system to farm out work to other machines, dispatching function calls to machines that are better suited to do work, to do work in parallel, to load balance lots of function calls, or to call functions between languages.
This package contains the C reimplementation of the client library.
There are three methods to install libgearman7 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgearman7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgearman7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgearman7
Install libgearman7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgearman7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgearman7
Install libgearman7 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgearman7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgearman7
How To Uninstall libgearman7 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgearman7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgearman7
Uninstall libgearman7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgearman7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgearman7
Remove libgearman7 Configurations and Data
To remove libgearman7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgearman7
Remove libgearman7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgearman7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgearman7
Dependencies
libgearman7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgearman7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
