How To Install python3-django-background-tasks on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-background-tasks on Debian 10.
What is python3-django-background-tasks
python3-django-background-tasks is:
Django Background Task is a databased-backed work queue for Django, loosely based around Ruby’s DelayedJob library. This project was adopted and adapted from lilspikey django-background-task.
To avoid conflicts on PyPI this packaged was renamed it to django-background-tasks (plural). For an easy upgrade from django-background-task to django-background-tasks, the internal module structure were left untouched.
In Django Background Task, all tasks are implemented as functions (or any other callable).
There are two parts to using background tasks:
- creating the task functions and registering them with the
- scheduler setup a cron task (or long running process) to execute the tasks
There are three methods to install python3-django-background-tasks 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 python3-django-background-tasks 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-django-background-tasks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-django-background-tasks
Install python3-django-background-tasks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-django-background-tasks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-django-background-tasks
Install python3-django-background-tasks 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-django-background-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-django-background-tasks
How To Uninstall python3-django-background-tasks on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-django-background-tasks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-django-background-tasks
Uninstall python3-django-background-tasks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-django-background-tasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-django-background-tasks
Remove python3-django-background-tasks Configurations and Data
To remove python3-django-background-tasks configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-django-background-tasks
Remove python3-django-background-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-django-background-tasks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-django-background-tasks
Dependencies
python3-django-background-tasks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-background-tasks package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
