How To Install python3-wtforms-alchemy on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wtforms-alchemy on Debian 12.
What is python3-wtforms-alchemy
python3-wtforms-alchemy is:
WTForms-Alchemy provides a helper class that let you create a Form class from a SQLAlchemy model. It does not try to replace all the functionality of wtforms.ext.sqlalchemy, only the model_form function of wtforms.ext.sqlalchemy by a much better solution. Other functionality of ext.sqlalchemy such as QuerySelectField and QuerySelectMultipleField can be used along with WTForms-Alchemy.
The benefits of WTForms-Alchemy ModelForm over wtforms.ext.sqlachemy??s model_form include:
- Provides explicit declaration of ModelForms (much easier to override certain columns)
- Form generation supports Unique and NumberRange validators
- Form inheritance support (along with form configuration inheritance)
- Automatic SelectField type coercing based on underlying column type
- By default uses wtforms_components SelectField for fields with choices. This field understands None values and renders nested datastructures as optgroups.
- Provides better Unique validator
- Supports custom user defined types as well as type decorators
- Supports SQLAlchemy-Utils datatypes
- Supports ModelForm model relations population
- Smarter field exclusion
- Smarter field conversion
- Understands join table inheritance
- Better configuration
There are three methods to install python3-wtforms-alchemy on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-wtforms-alchemy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-wtforms-alchemy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-wtforms-alchemy
Install python3-wtforms-alchemy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-wtforms-alchemy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-wtforms-alchemy
Install python3-wtforms-alchemy 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 python3-wtforms-alchemy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-wtforms-alchemy
How To Uninstall python3-wtforms-alchemy on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-wtforms-alchemy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-wtforms-alchemy
Uninstall python3-wtforms-alchemy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-wtforms-alchemy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wtforms-alchemy
Remove python3-wtforms-alchemy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-wtforms-alchemy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wtforms-alchemy
Remove python3-wtforms-alchemy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-wtforms-alchemy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-wtforms-alchemy
Dependencies
python3-wtforms-alchemy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wtforms-alchemy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
