How To Install python-django-housekeeping on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-housekeeping on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-housekeeping is Pluggable housekeeping framework for Django sites in Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-django-housekeeping

python-django-housekeeping is:

django_housekeeping provides a management command that finds and run tasks defined by your Django apps.

Tasks can declare dependencies on each other, run in multiple stages and provide infrastructure that other tasks can use.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-django-housekeeping

Install python-django-housekeeping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-housekeeping

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-housekeeping

How To Uninstall python-django-housekeeping on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-housekeeping

Uninstall python-django-housekeeping And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-housekeeping 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-housekeeping

Remove python-django-housekeeping Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-housekeeping

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-housekeeping

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Summary

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