How To Install python-retrying on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-retrying on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-retrying
python-retrying is:
Retrying is an Apache 2.0 licensed general-purpose retrying library, written in Python, to simplify the task of adding retry behavior to just about anything.
Features:
- Generic Decorator API
- Specify stop condition (limit by number of attempts)
- Specify wait condition (exponential backoff sleeping between attempts)
- Customize retrying on Exceptions
- Customize retrying on expected returned result
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-retrying 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-retrying 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-retrying using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-retrying
Install python-retrying Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-retrying using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-retrying
Install python-retrying 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-retrying using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-retrying
How To Uninstall python-retrying on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-retrying package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-retrying
Uninstall python-retrying And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-retrying and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-retrying
Remove python-retrying Configurations and Data
To remove python-retrying configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-retrying
Remove python-retrying configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-retrying configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-retrying
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-retrying package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
