How To Install python3-amqp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-amqp on Debian 9. python3-amqp is Low-level AMQP client (Python3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-amqp on Debian 9.

What is python3-amqp

python3-amqp is:

This is a fork of amqplib which was originally written by Barry Pederson. It is maintained by the Celery project, and used by kombu as a pure Python alternative when librabbitmq is not available.

This library should be API compatible with librabbitmq. Differences from amqplib are:

  • Supports draining events from multiple channels (Connection.drain_events).
  • Support for timeouts.
  • Channels are restored after channel error, instead of having to close the connection.
  • Support for heartbeats.
  • Supports RabbitMQ extensions:
    • Consumer Cancel Notifications.
    • Publisher confirms.
    • Exchange-to-exchange bindings: exchange_bind / exchange_unbind.
  • Support for basic_return.
  • Uses AMQP 0-9-1 instead of 0-8.
  • Exposes the underlying socket as Connection.sock.
  • Adds Channel.no_ack_consumers to keep track of consumer tags that set the no_ack flag.
  • Slightly better at error recovery.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-amqp 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 python3-amqp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-amqp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-amqp

Install python3-amqp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-amqp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-amqp

Install python3-amqp 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 python3-amqp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-amqp

How To Uninstall python3-amqp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python3-amqp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-amqp

Uninstall python3-amqp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-amqp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-amqp

Remove python3-amqp Configurations and Data

To remove python3-amqp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-amqp

Remove python3-amqp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-amqp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-amqp

Dependencies

python3-amqp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-amqp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.