How To Install python-workqueue on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-workqueue on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-workqueue
python-workqueue is:
CCTools’s Work Queue is a system and API for building master-worker style programs that scale up to thousands of processors. This package provides bindings to access this system from Python.
There are three methods to install python-workqueue on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-workqueue 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-workqueue using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-workqueue
Install python-workqueue Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-workqueue using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-workqueue
Install python-workqueue 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-workqueue using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-workqueue
How To Uninstall python-workqueue on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-workqueue package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-workqueue
Uninstall python-workqueue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-workqueue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-workqueue
Remove python-workqueue Configurations and Data
To remove python-workqueue configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-workqueue
Remove python-workqueue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-workqueue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-workqueue
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-workqueue package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
