How To Install python-django-extra-views on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-django-extra-views on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-django-extra-views is Complementary class-based generic views for Django (Python2 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-extra-views on Debian 10.

What is python-django-extra-views

python-django-extra-views is:

Django Extra Views provides a number of additional class-based generic views to complement those provide by Django itself.

Features:

  • FormSet and ModelFormSet views - The formset equivalents of FormView and ModelFormView.
  • InlineFormSetView - Lets you edit formsets related to a model (uses inlineformset_factory).
  • CreateWithInlinesView and UpdateWithInlinesView - Lets you edit a model and its relations.
  • GenericInlineFormSetView, the equivalent of InlineFormSetView but for GenericForeignKeys.
  • Support for generic inlines in CreateWithInlinesView and UpdateWithInlinesView.
  • Support for naming each inline or formset with NamedFormsetsMixin.
  • SortableListMixin - Generic mixin for sorting functionality in your views.
  • SearchableListMixin - Generic mixin for search functionality in your views.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python-django-extra-views on Debian 10. 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-extra-views 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-extra-views using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-django-extra-views

Install python-django-extra-views Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-extra-views

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-extra-views

How To Uninstall python-django-extra-views on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-extra-views

Uninstall python-django-extra-views And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-extra-views and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-extra-views

Remove python-django-extra-views Configurations and Data

To remove python-django-extra-views configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-extra-views

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-extra-views

Dependencies

python-django-extra-views have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-extra-views package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.