How To Install python-django-hijack on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-django-hijack on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-django-hijack is Allows superusers to login as and work on behalf of other users

Introduction

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

What is python-django-hijack

python-django-hijack is:

django-hijack allows superusers to hijack or login as and work on behalf of other users without knowing their credentials. This is handy for testing and debug user problems by the django superuser.

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

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

Install python-django-hijack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-hijack

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-hijack

How To Uninstall python-django-hijack on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-hijack

Uninstall python-django-hijack And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove python-django-hijack Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-django-hijack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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