How To Install python3-django on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-django
python3-django is:
Django is a high-level web application framework that loosely follows the model-view-controller design pattern.
Python’s equivalent to Ruby on Rails, Django lets you build complex data-driven websites quickly and easily - Django focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the “Don’t Repeat Yourself” (DRY) principle.
Django additionally emphasizes reusability and “pluggability” of components; many generic third-party “applications” are available to enhance projects or to simply to reduce development time even further.
Notable features include:
- An object-relational mapper (ORM)
- Automatic admin interface
- Elegant URL dispatcher
- Form serialization and validation system
- Templating system
- Lightweight, standalone web server for development and testing
- Internationalization support
- Testing framework and client
Package: python3-django Architecture: all Version: 2:2.2.12-1 Priority: optional Section: python Source: python-django Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 22821 Provides: python-django-common Depends: python3-sqlparse, python3-tz, python3:any Recommends: libjs-jquery Suggests: bpython3, geoip-database-contrib, gettext, ipython3, libgdal20, libsqlite3-mod-spatialite, python-django-doc, python3-bcrypt, python3-flup, python3-memcache, python3-mysqldb, python3-pil, python3-psycopg2, python3-selenium, python3-sqlite, python3-yaml Breaks: python-django-common, python3-django-filters (« 2.1.0), python3-mysqldb (« 1.3.13) Replaces: python-django-common Filename: pool/main/p/python-django/python3-django_2.2.12-1_all.deb Size: 2663660 MD5sum: abf115c0dc4bf076badaf49f18216bfa SHA1: 3486fb357b2dabae1042467e6ebdee85834dd814 SHA256: 78bd6481eba9c89ff8b39c04d8974279446fbf25a38e9a126c7f9540826cb801 Homepage: http://www.djangoproject.com/ Description-en: High-level Python web development framework Django is a high-level web application framework that loosely follows the model-view-controller design pattern.
Python’s equivalent to Ruby on Rails, Django lets you build complex data-driven websites quickly and easily - Django focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the “Don’t Repeat Yourself” (DRY) principle.
Django additionally emphasizes reusability and “pluggability” of components; many generic third-party “applications” are available to enhance projects or to simply to reduce development time even further.
Notable features include:
- An object-relational mapper (ORM)
- Automatic admin interface
- Elegant URL dispatcher
- Form serialization and validation system
- Templating system
- Lightweight, standalone web server for development and testing
- Internationalization support
- Testing framework and client
There are three methods to install python3-django on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-django
Install python3-django Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-django using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-django
Install python3-django 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-django
How To Uninstall python3-django on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-django package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-django
Uninstall python3-django And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-django and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-django
Remove python3-django Configurations and Data
To remove python3-django configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-django
Remove python3-django configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-django configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-django
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-django package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.