How To Install python-django-celery-transactions on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-celery-transactions on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-celery-transactions is Django transaction support for Celery tasks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-celery-transactions on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-django-celery-transactions

python-django-celery-transactions is:

django-celery-transactions holds on to Celery tasks until the current database transaction is committed, avoiding potential race conditions as described in Celery’s user guide.

Features:

  • If the transaction is rolled back, the tasks are discarded. Django’s transaction middleware does this if an exception is raised.
  • If transactions aren’t being managed, tasks are sent as normal. This means that sending tasks from within Django’s shell will work as expected, as will the various transaction decorators commit_manually, commit_on_success, etc.

There are three methods to install python-django-celery-transactions 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-django-celery-transactions 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-django-celery-transactions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-django-celery-transactions

Install python-django-celery-transactions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-celery-transactions

Install python-django-celery-transactions 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-django-celery-transactions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-celery-transactions

How To Uninstall python-django-celery-transactions on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-django-celery-transactions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-django-celery-transactions

Uninstall python-django-celery-transactions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-celery-transactions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-celery-transactions

Remove python-django-celery-transactions Configurations and Data

To remove python-django-celery-transactions configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-celery-transactions

Remove python-django-celery-transactions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-celery-transactions

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-celery-transactions package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.