How To Install wait-for-it on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 370 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wait-for-it on Ubuntu.
What is wait-for-it
wait-for-it is:
wait-for-it is a pure bash script that will wait on the availability of a host and TCP port. It is useful for synchronizing the spin-up of interdependent services, such as linked docker containers. Since it is a pure bash script, it does not have any external dependencies.
There are three methods to install wait-for-it 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 wait-for-it Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wait-for-it using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wait-for-it
Install wait-for-it Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wait-for-it using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wait-for-it
Install wait-for-it 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 wait-for-it using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wait-for-it
How To Uninstall wait-for-it on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wait-for-it package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wait-for-it
Uninstall wait-for-it And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wait-for-it and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wait-for-it
Remove wait-for-it Configurations and Data
To remove wait-for-it configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wait-for-it
Remove wait-for-it configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wait-for-it configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wait-for-it
Dependencies
wait-for-it have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wait-for-it package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.