How To Install wordpress 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 on Ubuntu.

What is `wordpress`

wordpress 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

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

sudo apt-get -y install wordpress

Install wordpress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wordpress

Install wordpress 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wordpress

How To Uninstall wordpress on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove wordpress

Uninstall wordpress And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordpress

Remove wordpress Configurations and Data

To remove wordpress configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wordpress

Remove wordpress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordpress

Dependencies

wordpress have the following dependencies:

References

wordpress website

Summary

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