How To Install python-django-rosetta on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-rosetta on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-rosetta is Eases the translation process of your Django projects

Introduction

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

What is python-django-rosetta

python-django-rosetta is:

A Django application that eases the translation process of your Django projects.

Because it doesn’t export any models, Rosetta doesn’t create any tables in your project’s database. Rosetta can be installed and uninstalled by simply adding and removing a single entry in your project’s INSTALLED_APPS and a single line in your main urls.py file.

Features:

  • Database independent
  • Reads and writes your project’s gettext catalogs (po and mo files)
  • Installed and uninstalled in under a minute
  • Uses Django’s admin interface CSS
  • Translation suggestions via Google AJAX Language API

Acknowledgments:

  • Rosetta uses the excellent polib library to parse and handle Po files.

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

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

Install python-django-rosetta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-rosetta

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-rosetta

How To Uninstall python-django-rosetta on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-rosetta

Uninstall python-django-rosetta And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-rosetta 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-rosetta

Remove python-django-rosetta Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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