Why is there no command for gunicorn

Question

I ran this:

pip3 install gunicorn

Then I tried to run gunicorn, but I was told there was no such command. If I do this:

ls -al /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gunicorn/

I see this:

.
..
app
arbiter.py
argparse_compat.py
_compat.py
config.py
debug.py
errors.py
glogging.py
http
__init__.py
instrument
pidfile.py
__pycache__
reloader.py
selectors.py
six.py
sock.py
systemd.py
util.py
workers

I was thinking I could create a symbolic link and store it here:

/usr/local/bin/

But what would I link? It seems as if there is no actual gunicorn command?

If I look here:

https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn

There is no file called "gunicorn". Likewise if I look here:

https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/gunicorn

As near as I can see, there is no file called "gunicorn". So how are we suppose to call this from the command line?

Answer 1

If you have apt (or apt-get):

$ sudo apt install gunicorn3

$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gunicorn3 /usr/bin/gunicorn

You may want to remove the old gunicorn package first:

$ sudo apt remove gunicorn

Check where gunicorn3 has been installed (just in case):

$ whereis gunicorn3