How To Install python-zaqarclient on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zaqarclient on Debian 9.
What is python-zaqarclient
python-zaqarclient is:
Zaqar is a multi-tenant cloud messaging service for web developers. It combines the ideas pioneered by Amazon’s SQS product with additional semantics to support event broadcasting.
The service features a fully RESTful API, which developers can use to send messages between various components of their SaaS and mobile applications, by using a variety of communication patterns. Underlying this API is an efficient messaging engine designed with scalability and security in mind.
Other OpenStack components can integrate with Zaqar to surface events to end users and to communicate with guest agents that run in the “over-cloud” layer. Cloud operators can leverage Zaqar to provide equivalents of SQS and SNS to their customers.
By installing python-zaqarclient you get programmatic access to the Zaqar v1.0 API library. Plus, it installs a plugin to python-openstackclient that allows you to perform simple queue operations.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-zaqarclient 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 python-zaqarclient 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-zaqarclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-zaqarclient
Install python-zaqarclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-zaqarclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-zaqarclient
Install python-zaqarclient 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-zaqarclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-zaqarclient
How To Uninstall python-zaqarclient on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-zaqarclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-zaqarclient
Uninstall python-zaqarclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-zaqarclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-zaqarclient
Remove python-zaqarclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-zaqarclient configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-zaqarclient
Remove python-zaqarclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-zaqarclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-zaqarclient
Dependencies
python-zaqarclient have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-zaqarclient package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
