How To Install python3-zaqarclient on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zaqarclient on Debian 9. python3-zaqarclient is OpenStack Zaqar Queueing API, client and library - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zaqarclient on Debian 9.

What is python3-zaqarclient

python3-zaqarclient is:

Zaqar is a multi-tenant cloud messaging service for web developers. It combines the ideas pioneered by Amazon’s SQS product with additional semantics to support event broadcasting.

The service features a fully RESTful API, which developers can use to send messages between various components of their SaaS and mobile applications, by using a variety of communication patterns. Underlying this API is an efficient messaging engine designed with scalability and security in mind.

Other OpenStack components can integrate with Zaqar to surface events to end users and to communicate with guest agents that run in the “over-cloud” layer. Cloud operators can leverage Zaqar to provide equivalents of SQS and SNS to their customers.

By installing python-zaqarclient you get programmatic access to the Zaqar v1.0 API library. Plus, it installs a plugin to python-openstackclient that allows you to perform simple queue operations.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-zaqarclient on Debian 9. 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-zaqarclient 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-zaqarclient using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-zaqarclient

Install python3-zaqarclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-zaqarclient

Install python3-zaqarclient 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-zaqarclient

How To Uninstall python3-zaqarclient on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-zaqarclient

Uninstall python3-zaqarclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-zaqarclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-zaqarclient

Remove python3-zaqarclient Configurations and Data

To remove python3-zaqarclient configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-zaqarclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-zaqarclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zaqarclient package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.