How To Install openacs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openacs
openacs is:
OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is a toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications. It is based on the Tcl language and the AOLServer web server.
There are three methods to install openacs 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 openacs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openacs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openacs
Install openacs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openacs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openacs
Install openacs 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 openacs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openacs
How To Uninstall openacs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openacs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openacs
Uninstall openacs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openacs
Remove openacs Configurations and Data
To remove openacs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openacs
Remove openacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openacs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openacs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openacs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
