How To Install python-django-uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-uwsgi
python-django-uwsgi is:
django-uwsgi provides several features for Django projects deployed to uWSGI:
- Admin page with uWSGI stats (options to reload/stop uWSGI, clear uWSGI cache)
- uWSGI Cache Backend for Django
- uWSGI Email Backend for Django(send emails via uWSGI’s spooler)
- Debug Panel for django-debug-toolbar (offers same functions as admin page)
- Django template loader for embedded into uWSGI files
- Django Management Command runuwsgi (with live autoreload when DEBUG is True)
- uWSGI config generator
- Django CBV Mixins based on uWSGI decorators
There are three methods to install python-django-uwsgi 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-uwsgi 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-uwsgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-uwsgi
Install python-django-uwsgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-uwsgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-uwsgi
Install python-django-uwsgi 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-uwsgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-uwsgi
How To Uninstall python-django-uwsgi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-uwsgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-uwsgi
Uninstall python-django-uwsgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-uwsgi 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-uwsgi
Remove python-django-uwsgi Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-uwsgi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-uwsgi
Remove python-django-uwsgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-uwsgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-uwsgi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-uwsgi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
