How To Install python-wtforms on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wtforms on Ubuntu 18.04. python-wtforms is flexible forms validation and rendering library for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-wtforms

python-wtforms is:

WTForms is a HTML form field generator which allows full customization with templates, using the template engine of your choice. It also allows one to create forms based on ORM models from Django, SqlAlchemy and the Google Appengine.

This package contains the module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-wtforms

Install python-wtforms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-wtforms

Install python-wtforms 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-wtforms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-wtforms

How To Uninstall python-wtforms on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-wtforms

Uninstall python-wtforms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-wtforms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wtforms

Remove python-wtforms Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wtforms

Remove python-wtforms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-wtforms

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Summary

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