How To Install python-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-filters
python-django-filters is:
Django-filter is a generic, reusable application to alleviate some of the more mundane bits of view code. Specifically allowing the users to filter down a queryset based on a model’s fields and displaying the form to let them do this.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-django-filters 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-filters 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-filters using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-filters
Install python-django-filters Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-filters using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-filters
Install python-django-filters 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-filters using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-filters
How To Uninstall python-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-filters package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-filters
Uninstall python-django-filters And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-filters 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-filters
Remove python-django-filters Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-filters configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-filters
Remove python-django-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-filters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-filters
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-filters package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
