How To Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication 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 wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu.
What is wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
wordpress-plugin-http-authentication is:
WordPress is a full featured web blogging tool: * Instant publishing (no rebuilding) * Comment pingback support with spam protection * Non-crufty URLs * Themable * Plugin support
This package contains the plugin for HTTP Authentication, allowing to use existing means of authenticating people to WordPress. This includes Apache’s basic HTTP authentication module, Shibboleth, and many others. Additionally you can configure an LDAP section where LDAP groups can be mapped to WordPress roles.
There are three methods to install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication 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 wordpress-plugin-http-authentication 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-plugin-http-authentication using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication 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-plugin-http-authentication using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
How To Uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wordpress-plugin-http-authentication package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wordpress-plugin-http-authentication and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication Configurations and Data
To remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wordpress-plugin-http-authentication configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordpress-plugin-http-authentication
Dependencies
wordpress-plugin-http-authentication have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress-plugin-http-authentication package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.