How To Install python-django-jsonfield on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-jsonfield on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-jsonfield
python-django-jsonfield is:
This package provides a Django field (jsonfield.JSONField) that you can use to store arbitrary JSON structures in a simple text field at the database level.
Accessing the field returns a decoded object (list, dict, string).
In forms, it appears like a TextField but the input is validated to be valid JSON.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-django-jsonfield 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-jsonfield 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-jsonfield using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-jsonfield
Install python-django-jsonfield Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-jsonfield using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-jsonfield
Install python-django-jsonfield 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-jsonfield using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-jsonfield
How To Uninstall python-django-jsonfield on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-jsonfield package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-jsonfield
Uninstall python-django-jsonfield And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-jsonfield 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-jsonfield
Remove python-django-jsonfield Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-jsonfield configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-jsonfield
Remove python-django-jsonfield configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-jsonfield configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-jsonfield
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-jsonfield package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
