How To Install python-django-markupfield on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-django-markupfield on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-django-markupfield is custom Django field for easy use of markup in text fields

Introduction

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

What is python-django-markupfield

python-django-markupfield is:

An implementation of a custom MarkupField for Django. A MarkupField is in essence a TextField with an associated markup type. The field also caches its rendered value.

It supports these markup types by default:

  • html: allows HTML, potentially unsafe
  • plain: plain text markup, calls urlize and replaces text with linebreaks And these markups if the appropriate Python module is installed:
  • markdown: default markdown renderer (requires python-markdown)
  • restructuredtext: default ReST renderer (requires python-docutils)
  • textile: default textile renderer (requires python-textile)

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

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

Install python-django-markupfield Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-markupfield

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-markupfield

How To Uninstall python-django-markupfield on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-markupfield

Uninstall python-django-markupfield And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove python-django-markupfield Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-django-markupfield have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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