How To Install python-django-mptt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-mptt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-mptt
python-django-mptt is:
Django MPTT is a reusable/standalone Django application which aims to make it easy for you to use Modified Preorder Tree Traversal with your own Django models in your own applications.
It takes care of the details of managing a database table as a tree structure and provides tools for working with trees of model instances.
There are three methods to install python-django-mptt 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-mptt 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-mptt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-mptt
Install python-django-mptt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-mptt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-mptt
Install python-django-mptt 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-mptt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-mptt
How To Uninstall python-django-mptt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-mptt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-mptt
Uninstall python-django-mptt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-mptt 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-mptt
Remove python-django-mptt Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-mptt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-mptt
Remove python-django-mptt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-mptt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-mptt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-mptt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
