How To Install python-django-extensions on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-extensions on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-extensions
python-django-extensions is:
This is a collection of useful third-party tools for projects that use the Django web development framework. It provides the management commands:
- runserver_plus - a “runserver” that uses the interactive Werkzeug debugger
- runprofileserver - starts runserver with profiling tools enabled
- shell_plus - similar to the built-in “shell” but autoloads all models
- graph_models - creates a GraphViz dot file of your model arrangement
- describe_form - generate template form definitions for a model
- export_emails - export the addresses of your users in many formats
- print_user_for_session - print the user information from a session key
- create_jobs/runjob/runjobs - manage scheduled maintenance jobs
- (plus many more)
python-django-extensions also includes a number of custom fields and abstract models, including ones that manage created and updated times automatically.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-django-extensions 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-extensions 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-extensions using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-extensions
Install python-django-extensions Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-extensions using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-extensions
Install python-django-extensions 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-extensions using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-extensions
How To Uninstall python-django-extensions on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-extensions package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-extensions
Uninstall python-django-extensions And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-extensions 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-extensions
Remove python-django-extensions Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-extensions configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-extensions
Remove python-django-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-extensions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-extensions
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-extensions package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
