How To Install python-django-appconf on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-appconf on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-appconf is helper class handling configuration defaults of apps - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-django-appconf

python-django-appconf is:

Say you have an app with a few defaults, which you want to refer to in the app’s code without repeating yourself all the time. Django-appconf provides a simple helper class to implement those defaults.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

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

Install python-django-appconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-appconf

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-appconf

How To Uninstall python-django-appconf on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-appconf

Uninstall python-django-appconf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-appconf 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-appconf

Remove python-django-appconf Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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