How To Install python-apscheduler on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apscheduler
on Debian 10.
What is python-apscheduler
python-apscheduler is:
The Advanced Python Scheduler (APScheduler) is a light but powerful in-process task scheduler that lets you schedule jobs (functions or any Python callables) to be executed at times of your choosing.
This can be a far better alternative to externally run cron scripts for long-running applications (e.g. web applications), as it is platform neutral and can directly access your application’s variables and functions.
This package contains the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-apscheduler
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-apscheduler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apscheduler
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apscheduler
Install python-apscheduler Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apscheduler
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apscheduler
Install python-apscheduler 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 python-apscheduler
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apscheduler
How To Uninstall python-apscheduler on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-apscheduler
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apscheduler
Uninstall python-apscheduler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apscheduler
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apscheduler
Remove python-apscheduler Configurations and Data
To remove python-apscheduler
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apscheduler
Remove python-apscheduler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apscheduler
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apscheduler
Dependencies
python-apscheduler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apscheduler
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.