How To Install python3-kazoo on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-kazoo on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-kazoo is higher level API to Apache Zookeeper (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-kazoo on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-kazoo

python3-kazoo is:

Kazoo features:

  • A wide range of recipe implementations, like Lock, Election or Queue
  • Data and Children Watchers
  • Simplified Zookeeper connection state tracking
  • Unified asynchronous API for use with greenlets or threads
  • Support for gevent 0.13 and gevent 1.0
  • Support for Zookeeper 3.3 and 3.4 servers
  • Integrated testing helpers for Zookeeper clusters
  • Pure-Python based implementation of the wire protocol, avoiding all the memory leaks, lacking features, and debugging madness of the C library

Kazoo is heavily inspired by Netflix Curator simplifications and helpers.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-kazoo on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-kazoo 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-kazoo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-kazoo

Install python3-kazoo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-kazoo

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-kazoo

How To Uninstall python3-kazoo on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-kazoo

Uninstall python3-kazoo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-kazoo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-kazoo

Remove python3-kazoo Configurations and Data

To remove python3-kazoo configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-kazoo

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-kazoo package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.