How To Install python-django-shortuuidfield on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-shortuuidfield on Ubuntu 18.04. python-django-shortuuidfield is Short UUIDField for Django

Introduction

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

What is python-django-shortuuidfield

python-django-shortuuidfield is:

Provides a ShortUUIDField for your Django models which uses the base-57 “Short UUID” package. Originally, a fork from David Cramer’s excellent django-uuidfield, but not much is left of that besides a bit of structure.

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

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

Install python-django-shortuuidfield Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-django-shortuuidfield

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-django-shortuuidfield

How To Uninstall python-django-shortuuidfield on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-django-shortuuidfield

Uninstall python-django-shortuuidfield And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-django-shortuuidfield 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-shortuuidfield

Remove python-django-shortuuidfield Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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