How To Install ruby-sidekiq on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-sidekiq on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-sidekiq is Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq on Debian 10.

What is `ruby-sidekiq`

ruby-sidekiq is:

Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.

Sidekiq is compatible with Resque. It uses the exact same message format as Resque so it can integrate into an existing Resque processing farm.

You can have Sidekiq and Resque run side-by-side at the same time and use the Resque client to enqueue jobs in Redis to be processed by Sidekiq.

There are three methods to install ruby-sidekiq on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-sidekiq Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sidekiq

Install ruby-sidekiq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-sidekiq

Install ruby-sidekiq 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 ruby-sidekiq using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sidekiq

How To Uninstall ruby-sidekiq on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ruby-sidekiq package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-sidekiq

Uninstall ruby-sidekiq And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-sidekiq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sidekiq

Remove ruby-sidekiq Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-sidekiq configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sidekiq

Remove ruby-sidekiq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sidekiq

Dependencies

ruby-sidekiq have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.