How To Install python3-django-python3-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-python3-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-django-python3-ldap
python3-django-python3-ldap is:
django-python3-ldap provides a Django LDAP user authentication backend for Python. It uses the pure Python ldap3 library for all LDAP related operations. This makes it easier to deploy instead of solutions that depend on the OpenLDAP library.
It provides the following features:
- Authenticate users with an LDAP server.
- Sync LDAP users with a local Django database.
- Supports custom Django user models.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-django-python3-ldap 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-python3-ldap 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-python3-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-django-python3-ldap
Install python3-django-python3-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-django-python3-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-django-python3-ldap
Install python3-django-python3-ldap 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-python3-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-django-python3-ldap
How To Uninstall python3-django-python3-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-django-python3-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-django-python3-ldap
Uninstall python3-django-python3-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-django-python3-ldap 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-python3-ldap
Remove python3-django-python3-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove python3-django-python3-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-django-python3-ldap
Remove python3-django-python3-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-django-python3-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-django-python3-ldap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django-python3-ldap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
