How To Install python3-dj-database-url on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dj-database-url on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-dj-database-url
python3-dj-database-url is:
This simple Django utility allows you to utilize the 12factor inspired DATABASE_URL environment variable to configure your Django application.
The dj_database_url.config method returns a Django database connection dictionary, populated with all the data specified in your URL. There is also a conn_max_age argument to easily enable Django’s connection pool.
If you’d rather not use an environment variable, you can pass a URL in directly instead to dj_database_url.parse.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-dj-database-url 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 python3-dj-database-url Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dj-database-url using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dj-database-url
Install python3-dj-database-url Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dj-database-url using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dj-database-url
Install python3-dj-database-url 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 python3-dj-database-url using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dj-database-url
How To Uninstall python3-dj-database-url on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-dj-database-url package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dj-database-url
Uninstall python3-dj-database-url And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dj-database-url and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dj-database-url
Remove python3-dj-database-url Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dj-database-url configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dj-database-url
Remove python3-dj-database-url configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dj-database-url configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dj-database-url
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dj-database-url package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
