How To Install python-social-auth on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-social-auth on Debian 9.
What is python-social-auth
python-social-auth is:
Python Social Auth is an easy-to-setup social authentication/registration mechanism with support for several frameworks and auth providers.
Crafted using base code from django-social-auth, it implements a common interface to define new authentication providers from third parties, and to bring support for more frameworks and ORMs.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-social-auth on Debian 9. 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-social-auth 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-social-auth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-social-auth
Install python-social-auth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-social-auth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-social-auth
Install python-social-auth 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-social-auth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-social-auth
How To Uninstall python-social-auth on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-social-auth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-social-auth
Uninstall python-social-auth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-social-auth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-social-auth
Remove python-social-auth Configurations and Data
To remove python-social-auth configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-social-auth
Remove python-social-auth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-social-auth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-social-auth
Dependencies
python-social-auth have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-social-auth package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.