How To Install python-sorl-thumbnail on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-sorl-thumbnail on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-sorl-thumbnail is thumbnail support for the Django framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sorl-thumbnail on Debian 10.

What is python-sorl-thumbnail

python-sorl-thumbnail is:

sorl-thumbnail provides a convenient way to create and manage image thumbnails in a Django project. It offers integration into several parts of Django like the admin system by showing thumbnails for ImageFields or through a ImageField that also takes care of deleting thumbnail files when the referencing object is removed.

Other features include:

  • Django storage support
  • Pluggable Engine support (PIL, pgmagick, ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, or Wand)
  • Pluggable Key Value Store support (Django cache, redis)
  • Pluggable Backend support (i.e. different thumbnail filename schema)
  • Dummy generation (placeholders)
  • Flexible, simple syntax, generates no html
  • CSS style cropping options
  • Margin calculation for vertical positioning

There are three methods to install python-sorl-thumbnail on Debian 10. 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-sorl-thumbnail 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-sorl-thumbnail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-sorl-thumbnail

Install python-sorl-thumbnail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sorl-thumbnail

Install python-sorl-thumbnail 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-sorl-thumbnail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-sorl-thumbnail

How To Uninstall python-sorl-thumbnail on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-sorl-thumbnail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-sorl-thumbnail

Uninstall python-sorl-thumbnail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-sorl-thumbnail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sorl-thumbnail

Remove python-sorl-thumbnail Configurations and Data

To remove python-sorl-thumbnail configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sorl-thumbnail

Remove python-sorl-thumbnail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sorl-thumbnail

Dependencies

python-sorl-thumbnail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sorl-thumbnail package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.