Welcome to our guide on how to Install Pip3 and Django on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Django is a free and open source high-level Python Web framework designed to encourage rapid Web development without the need to reinvent the wheel. Pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python.
This guide will take you through the steps to install Pip3 & Django on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems. This works for both Desktop and server installations.
Step 1: Install Python3 and Pip3
Your Ubuntu system should come with Python 3, if it doesn’t have it, install by running the commands below on your terminal.
sudo apt -y install python3 python3-pip
Step 2: Install Django on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The easiest and quickest way to Install Django on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is via pip3.
Check your Python version
$ python3 -V Python 3.6.6
Check installed pip3 version:
$ pip3 -V pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.6)
Download and install Django on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04:
pip3 install --user Django
For global installation, use:
sudo pip3 install Django
The installation of Django will give you django-admin command to manage Projects,
$ which django-admin ~/.local/bin/django-admin
If ~/.local/bin/ is not in your PATH, add it like below:
$ vim ~/.bashrc
Add:
export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin/
Source the bashrc file
$ source ~/.bashrc
Check django-admin version using:
$ django-admin --version 2.1.3
Step 3: Create a test Django Application
Create a Django test application by running
mkdir projects cd projects django-admin startproject test_app cd test_app
test_app is the name of our Django Project.
Apply pending migrations
$ python3 manage.py migrate Operations to perform: Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, sessions Running migrations: Applying contenttypes.0001_initial... OK Applying auth.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0001_initial... OK Applying admin.0002_logentry_remove_auto_add... OK Applying admin.0003_logentry_add_action_flag_choices... OK Applying contenttypes.0002_remove_content_type_name... OK Applying auth.0002_alter_permission_name_max_length... OK Applying auth.0003_alter_user_email_max_length... OK Applying auth.0004_alter_user_username_opts... OK Applying auth.0005_alter_user_last_login_null... OK Applying auth.0006_require_contenttypes_0002... OK Applying auth.0007_alter_validators_add_error_messages... OK Applying auth.0008_alter_user_username_max_length... OK Applying auth.0009_alter_user_last_name_max_length... OK Applying sessions.0001_initial... OK
Step 4: Create an Admin Account
Create a Django project superuser account by running the following commands from your Django application directory.
$ python3 manage.py createsuperuser Username (leave blank to use 'jmutai'): admin Email address: [email protected] Password: Password (again): Superuser created successfully.
Input your admin username, email address, and password.
Step 5: Allow external access to the Django web application (Optional)
Note that by default Django doesn’t allow external access to the application, you need to explicitly define an ACL.
$ vim test_app/settings.py
Edit the lineALLOWED_HOSTS to whitelist your Computer IP or LAN subnet.
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['192.168.18.50']
You can now start Django application server:
$ python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080 Performing system checks... System check identified no issues (0 silenced). November 10, 2018 - 12:08:27 Django version 2.1.3, using settings 'test_app.settings' Starting development server at http://0.0.0.0:8080/ Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
If you open the URL http://[server IP/hostname]:8080 you should see a successful message like below:
Django Administration page is available on :8080/admin
Login with created username and password:
The admin page allows you to add other users, add groups, change password e.t.c. It looks like below:
You now have Django Framework installed on your Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system.
