How To Install python-django-countries on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-countries on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-countries is provides a country field for Django models

Introduction

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

What is python-django-countries

python-django-countries is:

A Django application which provides all ISO 3166-1 countries as choices for use with forms, and a country field for models. It also includes a small template filter for getting country flags by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

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

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

Install python-django-countries Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-countries

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-countries

How To Uninstall python-django-countries on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-countries

Uninstall python-django-countries And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-countries 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-countries

Remove python-django-countries Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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