How To Install python-mongoengine on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mongoengine on Debian 9.
What is python-mongoengine
python-mongoengine is:
MongoEngine is a Document-Object Mapper (think ORM, but for document databases) for working with MongoDB from Python. It uses a simple declarative API, similar to the Django ORM.
This is the Python 2 package.
There are three methods to install python-mongoengine 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-mongoengine 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-mongoengine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mongoengine
Install python-mongoengine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mongoengine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mongoengine
Install python-mongoengine 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-mongoengine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mongoengine
How To Uninstall python-mongoengine on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-mongoengine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mongoengine
Uninstall python-mongoengine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mongoengine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mongoengine
Remove python-mongoengine Configurations and Data
To remove python-mongoengine configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mongoengine
Remove python-mongoengine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mongoengine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mongoengine
Dependencies
python-mongoengine have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mongoengine package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
