How To Install nq on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nq on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nq
nq is:
These small utilities allow creating very lightweight job queue systems which require no setup, maintenance, supervision, or any long-running processes.
nq should run on any POSIX.1-2008 compliant system which also
provides a working flock(2). Tested on Linux 2.6.37, Linux 4.1,
OpenBSD 5.7, FreeBSD 10.1, Mac OS X 10.3 and
SmartOS joyent_20160304T005100Z.
There are three methods to install nq on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nq
Install nq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nq
Install nq 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 nq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nq
How To Uninstall nq on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nq
Uninstall nq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nq
Remove nq Configurations and Data
To remove nq configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nq
Remove nq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nq
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nq package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
