How To Install python-tenacity on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tenacity on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tenacity
python-tenacity is:
Tenacity is a general-purpose retrying library to simplify the task of adding retry behavior to just about anything. It originates from a fork of Retrying.
Features:
- Generic Decorator API
- Specify stop condition (i.e. limit by number of attempts)
- Specify wait condition (i.e. exponential backoff sleeping between attempts)
- Customize retrying on Exceptions
- Customize retrying on expected returned result
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-tenacity 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-tenacity 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-tenacity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tenacity
Install python-tenacity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tenacity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tenacity
Install python-tenacity 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-tenacity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tenacity
How To Uninstall python-tenacity on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tenacity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tenacity
Uninstall python-tenacity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tenacity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tenacity
Remove python-tenacity Configurations and Data
To remove python-tenacity configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tenacity
Remove python-tenacity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tenacity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tenacity
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tenacity package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
