How To Install python-django-debug-toolbar on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-debug-toolbar on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-debug-toolbar is Embedded debugging toolbar for Django projects

Introduction

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

What is python-django-debug-toolbar

python-django-debug-toolbar is:

The Django Debug Toolbar is a plug-in Django application that displays a set of panels which conveys information about the current request at the top of the rendered page. It can show:

  • Total time taken to process request
  • Request variables, including GET, POST, cookie, and session information.
  • All SQL queries performed during response creation and processing, including timing and ‘EXPLAIN’ output for each query in conjunction with the total time spent performing SQL queries. If python-pygments is installed, the SQL syntax is highlighted.
  • Current Django version
  • HTTP headers
  • Total requests, time, hits and misses of the cache.
  • Which templates were rendered the context provided to each template.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-django-debug-toolbar

Install python-django-debug-toolbar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-debug-toolbar

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-debug-toolbar

How To Uninstall python-django-debug-toolbar on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-debug-toolbar

Uninstall python-django-debug-toolbar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-debug-toolbar 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-debug-toolbar

Remove python-django-debug-toolbar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-debug-toolbar

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-debug-toolbar

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Summary

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