How To Install python3-dj-static on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-dj-static on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-dj-static is Serve production static files with Django (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dj-static on Debian 12.

What is python3-dj-static

python3-dj-static is:

This is a simple Django middleware utility that allows you to properly serve static assets from production with a WSGI server like Gunicorn.

Django doesn??t recommend the production use of its static file server for a number of reasons. There exists, however, a lovely WSGI application aptly named Static.

It is suitable for the production use of static file serving, unlike Django.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-dj-static on Debian 12. 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-static 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-static using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dj-static

Install python3-dj-static Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dj-static using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-dj-static

Install python3-dj-static 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 python3-dj-static using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dj-static

How To Uninstall python3-dj-static on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-dj-static package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-dj-static

Uninstall python3-dj-static And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dj-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dj-static

Remove python3-dj-static Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dj-static configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dj-static

Remove python3-dj-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-dj-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dj-static

Dependencies

python3-dj-static have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dj-static package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.