How To Install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-celery in AlmaLinux 8. python3-celery is Distributed Task Queue

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8.

What is python3-celery

An open source asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well. The execution units, called tasks, are executed concurrently on one or more worker nodes using multiprocessing, Eventlet or gevent. Tasks can execute asynchronously (in the background) or synchronously (wait until ready). Celery is used in production systems to process millions of tasks a day. Celery is written in Python, but the protocol can be implemented in any language. It can also operate with other languages using web hooks. The recommended message broker is RabbitMQ, but limited support for Redis, Beanstalk, MongoDB, CouchDB and databases (using SQLAlchemy or the Django ORM) is also available.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-celery.

Install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-celery using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-celery

Install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-celery using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-celery

How To Uninstall python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the python3-celery package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-celery

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-celery on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.