How To Install trac-graphviz on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-graphviz on Ubuntu 18.04. trac-graphviz is Graphs printing plugin for Trac

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-graphviz on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is trac-graphviz

trac-graphviz is:

This is a Plugin for the Trac project management application. It allows drawing of diagrams in a extension to the wiki markup language and renders them using the graphviz programs into a form that is displayable in a webbrowser.

There are three methods to install trac-graphviz 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 trac-graphviz Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trac-graphviz

Install trac-graphviz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trac-graphviz

Install trac-graphviz 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 trac-graphviz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trac-graphviz

How To Uninstall trac-graphviz on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the trac-graphviz package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trac-graphviz

Uninstall trac-graphviz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trac-graphviz

Remove trac-graphviz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trac-graphviz

Remove trac-graphviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trac-graphviz

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Summary

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