How To Install python3-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-django-filters is filter Django QuerySets based on user selections (Python3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-django-filters

python3-django-filters is:

Django-filter is a generic, reusable application to alleviate some of the more mundane bits of view code. Specifically allowing the users to filter down a queryset based on a model’s fields and displaying the form to let them do this.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-django-filters 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-django-filters 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-django-filters using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-django-filters

Install python3-django-filters Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-django-filters

Install python3-django-filters 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-django-filters using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-django-filters

How To Uninstall python3-django-filters on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-django-filters package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-django-filters

Uninstall python3-django-filters And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-django-filters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-django-filters

Remove python3-django-filters Configurations and Data

To remove python3-django-filters configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-django-filters

Remove python3-django-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-django-filters

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-filters package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.