How To Install trac-httpauth on Debian 10

Learn how to install trac-httpauth on Debian 10 with this tutorial. trac-httpauth is Force HTTP authentication from within Trac

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-httpauth on Debian 10.

What is trac-httpauth

trac-httpauth is:

Allows you to protect certain paths with HTTP authentication, while the AccountManagerPlugin is used to check passwords. Primarily this is meant to be used with the XmlRpcPlugin so it will work while using AccountManager’s form-based logins.

There are three methods to install trac-httpauth on Debian 10. 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-httpauth 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-httpauth using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install trac-httpauth

Install trac-httpauth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trac-httpauth

Install trac-httpauth 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install trac-httpauth

How To Uninstall trac-httpauth on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove trac-httpauth

Uninstall trac-httpauth And Its Dependencies

To uninstall trac-httpauth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trac-httpauth

Remove trac-httpauth Configurations and Data

To remove trac-httpauth configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trac-httpauth

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

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

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

Dependencies

trac-httpauth have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-httpauth package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.