How To Install beanstalkd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install beanstalkd on Debian 9.
What is beanstalkd
beanstalkd is:
Beanstalkd is a simple, fast, workqueue service (a specific case of message queueing), in which messages are organised in “tubes”. Beanstalk clients can insert and consume messages into and from such tubes.
The beanstalk interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.
Beanstalkd is meant to be ran in a trusted network, as it has no authorisation/authentication mechanisms.
This package has the server files.
There are three methods to install beanstalkd 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 beanstalkd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install beanstalkd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install beanstalkd
Install beanstalkd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install beanstalkd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install beanstalkd
Install beanstalkd 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 beanstalkd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install beanstalkd
How To Uninstall beanstalkd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the beanstalkd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove beanstalkd
Uninstall beanstalkd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall beanstalkd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove beanstalkd
Remove beanstalkd Configurations and Data
To remove beanstalkd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge beanstalkd
Remove beanstalkd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove beanstalkd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge beanstalkd
Dependencies
beanstalkd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install beanstalkd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.