How To Install django-admin-3 on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install python3-django

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install python3-django

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is django-admin-3 and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install django-admin-3 on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install django-admin-3 on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install django-admin-3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-django

Install django-admin-3 on CentOS 8 using yum

Because django-admin-3 is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install django-admin-3 package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-django

How to upgrade (update) a single package django-admin-3 using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like django-admin-3 in this example you should use the following command:

yum update python3-django

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade python3-django

How to Upgrade django-admin-3 on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update python3-django

How To remove django-admin-3 from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the django-admin-3 package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-django

Extra info and code examples

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 This package is built for Python 3.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install django-admin-3 using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the django-admin-3 from CentOS 8.

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