How To Install python-django-dirtyfields on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-dirtyfields on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-dirtyfields is package for tracking dirty fields on a Django model instance (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-dirtyfields on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-django-dirtyfields

python-django-dirtyfields is:

django-dirtyfields is a package for tracking dirty fields on a Django model instance, where dirty means that field in-memory and database values are different.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-django-dirtyfields on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-django-dirtyfields 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-dirtyfields using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-django-dirtyfields

Install python-django-dirtyfields Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-django-dirtyfields using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-django-dirtyfields

Install python-django-dirtyfields 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 python-django-dirtyfields using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-dirtyfields

How To Uninstall python-django-dirtyfields on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-django-dirtyfields package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-django-dirtyfields

Uninstall python-django-dirtyfields And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-dirtyfields and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-dirtyfields

Remove python-django-dirtyfields Configurations and Data

To remove python-django-dirtyfields configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-dirtyfields

Remove python-django-dirtyfields configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-django-dirtyfields configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-dirtyfields

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-dirtyfields package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.