How To Install python-django-jinja on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-jinja on Debian 9. python-django-jinja is Jinja2 templating language integrated in Django

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-jinja on Debian 9.

What is python-django-jinja

python-django-jinja is:

Jinja2 provides certain advantages over the native system of Django, for example, explicit calls to callable from templates, has better performance and has a plugin system

Features:

* Auto-load templatetags compatible with Jinja2 on same way as Django.
* Django templates can coexist with Jinja2 templates without any problems.
  It works as middleware, intercepts Jinja templates by file path pattern.
* Django template filters and tags can mostly be used in Jinja2 templates.
* I18n subsystem adapted for Jinja2 (makemessages now collects messages
  from Jinja templates)
* Compatible with python2 and python3 using same codebase.
* jinja2 bytecode cache adapted for use django cache subsystem.

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

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

Install python-django-jinja Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-jinja

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-jinja

How To Uninstall python-django-jinja on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-jinja

Uninstall python-django-jinja And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-jinja and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove python-django-jinja Configurations and Data

To remove python-django-jinja configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-django-jinja have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-jinja package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.