How To Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu 22.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

wordpress-plugin-http-authentication is:

WordPress is a full featured web blogging tool: * Instant publishing (no rebuilding) * Comment pingback support with spam protection * Non-crufty URLs * Themable * Plugin support

This package contains the plugin for HTTP Authentication, allowing to use existing means of authenticating people to WordPress. This includes Apache’s basic HTTP authentication module, Shibboleth, and many others. Additionally you can configure an LDAP section where LDAP groups can be mapped to WordPress roles.

There are three methods to install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication 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 wordpress-plugin-http-authentication using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

How To Uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the wordpress-plugin-http-authentication package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

Uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

Remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication Configurations and Data

To remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

Remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordpress-plugin-http-authentication

References

• wordpress-plugin-http-authentication website
• wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.