How To Install python-django-crispy-forms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-crispy-forms on Debian 9.
What is python-django-crispy-forms
python-django-crispy-forms is:
django-crispy-forms provides you with a |crispy filter and {% crispy %} tag that will let you control the rendering behavior of your Django forms in a very elegant and DRY way. Have full control without writing custom form templates. All this without breaking the standard way of doing things in Django, so it plays nice with any other form application.
Django-crispy-forms supports several frontend frameworks, such as Twitter Bootstrap (versions 2 and 3), Uni-form and Foundation. You can also easily adapt your custom company’s one, creating your own, see the docs for more information. You can easily switch among them using CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK setting variable.
There are three methods to install python-django-crispy-forms on Debian 9. 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-crispy-forms 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-crispy-forms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-crispy-forms
Install python-django-crispy-forms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-crispy-forms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-crispy-forms
Install python-django-crispy-forms 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 python-django-crispy-forms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-crispy-forms
How To Uninstall python-django-crispy-forms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-django-crispy-forms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-crispy-forms
Uninstall python-django-crispy-forms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-crispy-forms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-crispy-forms
Remove python-django-crispy-forms Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-crispy-forms configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-crispy-forms
Remove python-django-crispy-forms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-crispy-forms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-crispy-forms
Dependencies
python-django-crispy-forms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-crispy-forms package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.