How To Install python3-rediscluster on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rediscluster on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-rediscluster is Python interface to a cluster of Redis key-value stores

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rediscluster on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-rediscluster

python3-rediscluster is:

Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.

redis-py-cluster provides Python bindings to Redis Cluster, the distributed implementation of the Redis key-value store, available upstream since Redis 3.0.

This package provides the Python 3 version of the rediscluster module.

There are three methods to install python3-rediscluster 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 python3-rediscluster Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-rediscluster using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rediscluster

Install python3-rediscluster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rediscluster

Install python3-rediscluster 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 python3-rediscluster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rediscluster

How To Uninstall python3-rediscluster on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rediscluster

Uninstall python3-rediscluster And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-rediscluster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rediscluster

Remove python3-rediscluster Configurations and Data

To remove python3-rediscluster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rediscluster

Remove python3-rediscluster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-rediscluster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rediscluster

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rediscluster package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.