How To Install python-django-casclient on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-casclient on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-casclient is CAS client library for Django, K-States version (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-django-casclient

python-django-casclient is:

Django-cas is a Central Authentication Service (CAS) client library for Django, offering single sign-on web authentication. It is K-State’s fork of the original and includes Edmund Crewe’s proxy ticket patch and several additional features as well as features merged from KTHse’s django-cas2.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

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

Install python-django-casclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-casclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-casclient

How To Uninstall python-django-casclient on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-casclient

Uninstall python-django-casclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-casclient 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-casclient

Remove python-django-casclient Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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