How To Install python-django-bitfield on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-bitfield on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-bitfield is Django module implementing BitFields

Introduction

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

What is python-django-bitfield

python-django-bitfield is:

django-bitfield provides a custom field which allows various bits to be stored inside one fixed-width BigIntegerField.

The custom field provides syntatic sugar for accessing those flags easily from a Django application.

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

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

Install python-django-bitfield Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-bitfield

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-bitfield

How To Uninstall python-django-bitfield on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-bitfield

Uninstall python-django-bitfield And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-bitfield 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-bitfield

Remove python-django-bitfield Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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