How To Install python-redis on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-redis on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-redis
python-redis is:
Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
The dataset is stored entirely in memory and periodically flushed to disk.
This package contains Python bindings to Redis.
There are three methods to install python-redis on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-redis 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-redis using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-redis
Install python-redis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-redis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-redis
Install python-redis 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 python-redis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-redis
How To Uninstall python-redis on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-redis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-redis
Uninstall python-redis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-redis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-redis
Remove python-redis Configurations and Data
To remove python-redis configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-redis
Remove python-redis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-redis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-redis
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-redis package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
