How To Install trac-accountmanager on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-accountmanager on Ubuntu 18.04. trac-accountmanager is account management plugin for Trac

Introduction

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

What is trac-accountmanager

trac-accountmanager is:

Offers several features for managing user accounts on Trac:

  • allow users to register new accounts
  • login via an HTML form instead of using HTTP authentication
  • allow existing users to change their passwords or delete their accounts

There are three methods to install trac-accountmanager 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-accountmanager 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-accountmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install trac-accountmanager

Install trac-accountmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trac-accountmanager

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

sudo aptitude -y install trac-accountmanager

How To Uninstall trac-accountmanager on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove trac-accountmanager

Uninstall trac-accountmanager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trac-accountmanager

Remove trac-accountmanager Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trac-accountmanager

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

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

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

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Summary

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