How To Install python-mrjob on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mrjob on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mrjob is MapReduce framework for writing and running Hadoop Streaming jobs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mrjob on Debian 10.

What is python-mrjob

python-mrjob is:

Mrjob is a Python package that helps you write and run Hadoop Streaming jobs.

Mrjob fully supports Amazon’s Elastic MapReduce (EMR) service, which allows you to buy time on a Hadoop cluster on an hourly basis. It also works with your own Hadoop cluster.

There are three methods to install python-mrjob 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-mrjob 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-mrjob using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-mrjob

Install python-mrjob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mrjob

Install python-mrjob 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-mrjob using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mrjob

How To Uninstall python-mrjob on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-mrjob package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mrjob

Uninstall python-mrjob And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mrjob and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mrjob

Remove python-mrjob Configurations and Data

To remove python-mrjob configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mrjob

Remove python-mrjob configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mrjob

Dependencies

python-mrjob have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mrjob package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.