How To Install python-trollius-redis on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-trollius-redis on Ubuntu 18.04. python-trollius-redis is Redis client for Python Trollius (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-trollius-redis on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-trollius-redis

python-trollius-redis is:

Completely asynchronous, non-blocking client for a Redis server. It depends on trollius (asyncio compatible for PEP 3156). It supports Python 2 Trollius-using developers.

Features

  • Works for the trollius asyncio-compatible (PEP3156) event loop
  • No dependencies except trollius
  • Connection pooling
  • Automatic conversion from unicode (Python) to bytes (inside Redis.)
  • Bytes and str protocols.
  • Completely tested
  • Blocking calls and transactions supported
  • Streaming of some multi bulk replies
  • Pubsub support

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-trollius-redis

Install python-trollius-redis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-trollius-redis

Install python-trollius-redis 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-trollius-redis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-trollius-redis

How To Uninstall python-trollius-redis on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-trollius-redis

Uninstall python-trollius-redis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-trollius-redis

Remove python-trollius-redis Configurations and Data

To remove python-trollius-redis configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-trollius-redis

Remove python-trollius-redis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-trollius-redis

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Summary

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