How To Install celery on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install celery on Kali Linux. celery is async task/job queue based on message passing (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install celery on Kali Linux.

What is celery

celery is:

Celery is an open source asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well.

The execution units, called tasks, are executed concurrently on one or more worker nodes. Tasks can execute asynchronously (in the background) or synchronously (wait until ready).

Celery is written in Python, but the protocol can be implemented in any language. It can also operate with other languages using webhooks.

The recommended message broker is RabbitMQ, but limited support for Redis, Beanstalk, MongoDB, CouchDB, and databases (using SQLAlchemy or the Django ORM) is also available. Celery is easy to integrate with Django, using the python-django-celery package.

This package contains the common files of the library.

There are three methods to install celery on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install celery Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install celery

Install celery Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install celery using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install celery

Install celery Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install celery using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install celery

How To Uninstall celery on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the celery package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove celery

Uninstall celery And Its Dependencies

To uninstall celery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove celery

Remove celery Configurations and Data

To remove celery configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge celery

Remove celery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge celery

Dependencies

celery have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install celery package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.