How To Install ruby-sidekiq on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-sidekiq
ruby-sidekiq is:
Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.
Sidekiq is compatible with Resque. It uses the exact same message format as Resque so it can integrate into an existing Resque processing farm.
You can have Sidekiq and Resque run side-by-side at the same time and use the Resque client to enqueue jobs in Redis to be processed by Sidekiq.
There are three methods to install ruby-sidekiq 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 ruby-sidekiq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sidekiq
Install ruby-sidekiq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sidekiq
Install ruby-sidekiq 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 ruby-sidekiq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sidekiq
How To Uninstall ruby-sidekiq on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-sidekiq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sidekiq
Uninstall ruby-sidekiq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sidekiq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sidekiq
Remove ruby-sidekiq Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sidekiq configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sidekiq
Remove ruby-sidekiq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sidekiq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sidekiq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
