How To Install python-django-memoize on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-memoize on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-memoize is implementation of memoization technique for Django (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-django-memoize

python-django-memoize is:

django-memoize is an implementation of the memoization technique for Django. You can think of it as a cache for function or method results.

In memoization, the functions arguments are also included into the cache_key. Memoize is also designed for methods, since it will take into account the repr of the ‘self’ or ‘cls’ argument as part of the cache key. The theory behind memoization is that if you have a function you need to call several times in one request, it would only be calculated the first time that function is called with those arguments.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

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

Install python-django-memoize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-memoize

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-memoize

How To Uninstall python-django-memoize on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-memoize

Uninstall python-django-memoize And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-memoize 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-memoize

Remove python-django-memoize Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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