How To Install fusionforge-scm on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusionforge-scm on Ubuntu 18.04. fusionforge-scm is collaborative development tool - shell accounts (using PostgreSQL)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusionforge-scm on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fusionforge-scm

fusionforge-scm is:

FusionForge provides many tools to aid collaboration in a development project, such as bug-tracking, task management, mailing-lists, SCM repository, forums, support request helper, web/FTP hosting, release management, etc. All these services are integrated into one web site and managed through a web interface.

This package contains the jobs to manage SCM repositories. It should be installed on only one server in your infrastructure.

There are three methods to install fusionforge-scm 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 fusionforge-scm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fusionforge-scm

Install fusionforge-scm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fusionforge-scm

Install fusionforge-scm 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 fusionforge-scm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusionforge-scm

How To Uninstall fusionforge-scm on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fusionforge-scm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fusionforge-scm

Uninstall fusionforge-scm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusionforge-scm

Remove fusionforge-scm Configurations and Data

To remove fusionforge-scm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fusionforge-scm

Remove fusionforge-scm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusionforge-scm

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Summary

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