How To Install ruby-sidekiq-cron on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq-cron on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-sidekiq-cron
ruby-sidekiq-cron is:
Sidekiq Cron helps to add repeated scheduled jobs. It enables to set jobs to be run in specified time (using CRON notation)
It runs a thread alongside Sidekiq workers to schedule jobs at specified times
(using cron notation * * * * * parsed by Rufus-Scheduler
It checks for new jobs to schedule every 10 seconds and doesn’t schedule the same job multiple times when more than one Sidekiq worker is running.
Scheduling jobs are added only when at least one Sidekiq process is running. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-sidekiq-cron 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 ruby-sidekiq-cron 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-cron using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sidekiq-cron
Install ruby-sidekiq-cron Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq-cron using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sidekiq-cron
Install ruby-sidekiq-cron 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 ruby-sidekiq-cron using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sidekiq-cron
How To Uninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-sidekiq-cron package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sidekiq-cron
Uninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sidekiq-cron
Remove ruby-sidekiq-cron Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sidekiq-cron configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sidekiq-cron
Remove ruby-sidekiq-cron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sidekiq-cron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sidekiq-cron
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq-cron package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
