How To Install python-django-babel on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-babel on Debian 9.
What is python-django-babel
python-django-babel is:
This package contains various utilities for integration of Babel into the Django web framework:
- A message extraction plugin for Django templates.
- A middleware class that adds the Babel Locale object to requests.
- A set of template tags for date and number formatting.
Babel provides a message extraction framework similar to GNU xgettext, but more extensible and geared towards Python applications. While Django does provide wrapper scripts for making the use of xgettext more convenient, the extraction functionality is rather limited. For example, you can’t use template files with an extension other than .html, and everything needs to be in your project package directory.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-django-babel on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-django-babel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-babel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-babel
Install python-django-babel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-babel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-babel
Install python-django-babel 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-babel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-babel
How To Uninstall python-django-babel on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-django-babel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-babel
Uninstall python-django-babel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-babel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-babel
Remove python-django-babel Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-babel configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-babel
Remove python-django-babel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-babel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-babel
Dependencies
python-django-babel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-babel package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
