How To Install python-django-maintenancemode on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-maintenancemode on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-maintenancemode is django module that sets a site down for maintenance (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-django-maintenancemode

python-django-maintenancemode is:

Django Maintenancemode is a middleware that allows you to temporarily shutdown your site for maintenance work.

Logged in users having staff credentials can still fully use the site as can users visiting the site from an IP address defined in Django’s INTERNAL_IPS.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

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

Install python-django-maintenancemode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-maintenancemode

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-maintenancemode

How To Uninstall python-django-maintenancemode on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-maintenancemode

Uninstall python-django-maintenancemode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-maintenancemode 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-maintenancemode

Remove python-django-maintenancemode Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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