How To Install python-django-overextends on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-overextends on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-overextends is reusable app providing circular template inheritance - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-django-overextends

python-django-overextends is:

A Django reusable app providing the overextends template tag, a drop-in replacement for Django’s extends tag, which allows you to use circular template inheritance.

The primary use-case for overextends is to simultaneously override and extend templates from other reusable apps, in your own Django project.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

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

Install python-django-overextends Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-overextends

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-overextends

How To Uninstall python-django-overextends on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-overextends

Uninstall python-django-overextends And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-overextends 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-overextends

Remove python-django-overextends Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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