How To Install python-celery-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-celery-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-celery-common
python-celery-common 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 python-celery-common 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 python-celery-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-celery-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-celery-common
Install python-celery-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-celery-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-celery-common
Install python-celery-common 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 python-celery-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-celery-common
How To Uninstall python-celery-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-celery-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-celery-common
Uninstall python-celery-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-celery-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-celery-common
Remove python-celery-common Configurations and Data
To remove python-celery-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-celery-common
Remove python-celery-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-celery-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-celery-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-celery-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
