How To Install tdiary-core on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tdiary-core on Ubuntu.

What is `tdiary-core`

tdiary-core is:

tDiary is a weblog system, which makes your weblog communication-friendly for the writer (you) and readers. It consists of Ruby scripts for CGI (Common Gateway Interface). The followings are the main features:

Comments: readers can post comments to each entry like message boards.
Links: Each entry can show referers from which readers come so that you can see others write about the entry.
Trackback: tDiary can send and receive trackbacks.
Theme: You can easily change the design called theme' of your weblog. Many themes are included in tdiary-theme’ package.
Plugin: You can add many functionalities called plugins' to tDiary. Many plugins are included in tdiary-plugin’ package.
Pages for Handhelds: tDiary is able to serve especially small and terse documents for PDAs and mobile phones.
Writing Style: HTML is not required to write entries. Plain text is converted to HTML by tDiary. The converting grammars are called `styles’. Many styles are available.

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

Install tdiary-core Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tdiary-core

Install tdiary-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tdiary-core

Install tdiary-core 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 tdiary-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tdiary-core

How To Uninstall tdiary-core on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the tdiary-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tdiary-core

Uninstall tdiary-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tdiary-core

Remove tdiary-core Configurations and Data

To remove tdiary-core configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tdiary-core

Remove tdiary-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tdiary-core

Dependencies

tdiary-core have the following dependencies:

References

tdiary-core website

Summary

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