How To Install tryton-proteus on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tryton-proteus on Ubuntu 18.04. tryton-proteus is Tryton Application Platform (Proteus)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tryton-proteus on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tryton-proteus

tryton-proteus is:

Tryton is a high-level general purpose application platform. It is the base of a complete business solution as well as a comprehensive health and hospital information system (GNUHealth).

This package contains Proteus, a library to access a Tryton server as a client. This library can access Tryton’s models by connecting to a Tryton server via XML-RPC or by using trytond as a module.

There are three methods to install tryton-proteus 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 tryton-proteus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tryton-proteus

Install tryton-proteus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tryton-proteus

Install tryton-proteus 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 tryton-proteus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tryton-proteus

How To Uninstall tryton-proteus on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tryton-proteus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tryton-proteus

Uninstall tryton-proteus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tryton-proteus

Remove tryton-proteus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tryton-proteus

Remove tryton-proteus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tryton-proteus

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Summary

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