How To Install python-django-crispy-forms on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-crispy-forms on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-crispy-forms is app for Django providing elegant form rendering

Introduction

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

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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

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