How To Install trac-jsgantt on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-jsgantt on Debian 9. trac-jsgantt is displays Trac tickets as a Gantt chart in a wiki page

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-jsgantt on Debian 9.

What is trac-jsgantt

trac-jsgantt is:

A plugin which allows Trac ticket data to be displayed in a jsGantt chart in a wiki page. Tasks and milestones are links to the corresponding ticket or milestone.

Configurable field names allow integration with other plugins such as trac-mastertickets (for dependencies), trac-subtickets (for parent/child relationships), and TimingAndEstimation (for estimated and total hours).

There are three methods to install trac-jsgantt on Debian 9. 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-jsgantt 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-jsgantt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install trac-jsgantt

Install trac-jsgantt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trac-jsgantt

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

sudo aptitude -y install trac-jsgantt

How To Uninstall trac-jsgantt on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove trac-jsgantt

Uninstall trac-jsgantt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall trac-jsgantt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trac-jsgantt

Remove trac-jsgantt Configurations and Data

To remove trac-jsgantt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trac-jsgantt

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

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

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

Dependencies

trac-jsgantt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-jsgantt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.