How To Install python-django-formtools on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-django-formtools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-django-formtools is set of high-level abstractions for Django forms - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-django-formtools

python-django-formtools is:

Django’s formtools is a set of high-level abstractions for Django forms. Currently for form previews and multi-step forms.

This code used to live in Django proper: in django.contrib.formtools. But it was separated into a standalone package in Django 1.8 to keep the framework’s core clean.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

There are three methods to install python-django-formtools 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-formtools 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-formtools using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install python-django-formtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-formtools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-formtools

How To Uninstall python-django-formtools on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-formtools

Uninstall python-django-formtools And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove python-django-formtools Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-django-formtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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