How To Install ditrack on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ditrack on Ubuntu 18.04. ditrack is lightweight distributed issue tracking system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ditrack on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ditrack

ditrack is:

DITrack is a free, open source, lightweight, distributed issue (bug, defect, ticket) tracking system using a Subversion repository instead of a backend database. It is written in Python and runs in UNIX environment (*BSD, Linux, MacOS X).

There are three methods to install ditrack 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 ditrack Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ditrack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ditrack

Install ditrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ditrack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ditrack

Install ditrack 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 ditrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ditrack

How To Uninstall ditrack on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ditrack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ditrack

Uninstall ditrack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ditrack

Remove ditrack Configurations and Data

To remove ditrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ditrack

Remove ditrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ditrack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ditrack

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Summary

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