How To Install python3-tenacity on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `python3-tenacity`

python3-tenacity is:

Tenacity is a general-purpose retrying library to simplify the task of adding retry behavior to just about anything. It originates from a fork of Retrying.

Features:

Generic Decorator API
Specify stop condition (i.e. limit by number of attempts)
Specify wait condition (i.e. exponential backoff sleeping between attempts)
Customize retrying on Exceptions
Customize retrying on expected returned result

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tenacity

Install python3-tenacity Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-tenacity

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tenacity

How To Uninstall python3-tenacity on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-tenacity

Uninstall python3-tenacity And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tenacity

Remove python3-tenacity Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tenacity

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-tenacity have the following dependencies:

References

python3-tenacity website

Summary

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