How To Install python-flower on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flower on Debian 9. python-flower is web based tool for monitoring and administrating Celery clusters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flower on Debian 9.

What is python-flower

python-flower is:

Flower is a web based tool for monitoring and administrating Celery clusters. It has these features:

  • Real-time monitoring using Celery Events
    • Task progress and history
    • Ability to show task details (arguments, start time, runtime, and more)
    • Graphs and statistics
  • Remote Control
    • View worker status and statistics
    • Shutdown and restart worker instances
    • Control worker pool size and autoscale settings
    • View and modify the queues a worker instance consumes from
    • View currently running tasks
    • View scheduled tasks (ETA/countdown)
    • View reserved and revoked tasks
    • Apply time and rate limits
    • Configuration viewer
    • Revoke or terminate tasks
  • Broker monitoring
    • View statistics for all Celery queues
    • Queue length graphs
  • HTTP API
  • Basic Auth and Google OpenID authentication

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-flower

Install python-flower Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-flower

Install python-flower 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 python-flower using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-flower

How To Uninstall python-flower on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-flower package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-flower

Uninstall python-flower And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-flower and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flower

Remove python-flower Configurations and Data

To remove python-flower configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-flower

Remove python-flower configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flower

Dependencies

python-flower have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flower package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.