How To Install wordpress-xrds-simple on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress-xrds-simple on Ubuntu 18.04. wordpress-xrds-simple is XRDS-Simple plugin for WordPress

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress-xrds-simple on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wordpress-xrds-simple

wordpress-xrds-simple is:

XRDS-Simple is a profile of XRDS, a service discovery protocol which used in the OpenID authentication specification as well as OAuth. This plugin provides a generic framework to allow other plugins to contribute their own service endpoints to be included in the XRDS service document for the domain.

There are three methods to install wordpress-xrds-simple 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 wordpress-xrds-simple 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-xrds-simple using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wordpress-xrds-simple

Install wordpress-xrds-simple Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wordpress-xrds-simple using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wordpress-xrds-simple

Install wordpress-xrds-simple 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-xrds-simple using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wordpress-xrds-simple

How To Uninstall wordpress-xrds-simple on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wordpress-xrds-simple package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wordpress-xrds-simple

Uninstall wordpress-xrds-simple And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordpress-xrds-simple

Remove wordpress-xrds-simple Configurations and Data

To remove wordpress-xrds-simple configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wordpress-xrds-simple

Remove wordpress-xrds-simple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordpress-xrds-simple

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Summary

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