diff -r f0ca4daf6a18 roundup/admin.py
--- a/roundup/admin.py	Sun Jun 02 17:15:23 2019 -0400
+++ b/roundup/admin.py	Mon Jun 03 22:54:52 2019 -0400
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from roundup import date, hyperdb, roundupdb, init, password, token
 from roundup import __version__ as roundup_version
 import roundup.instance
-from roundup.configuration import CoreConfig, NoConfigError
+from roundup.configuration import CoreConfig, NoConfigError, UserConfig
 from roundup.i18n import _
 from roundup.exceptions import UsageError
 from roundup.anypy.my_input import my_input
@@ -430,9 +430,31 @@
             defns = {}
 
         defns['rdbms_backend'] = backend
+
+        # load config_ini.ini from template if it exists.
+        # it sets parameters like template_engine that are
+        # template specific.
+        template_config=UserConfig(templates[template]['path'] +
+                                   "/config_ini.ini")
+        for k in template_config.keys():
+            if k == 'HOME': # c$ignore home. It is a default param.
+                continue
+            defns[k] = template_config[k]
+
         # install!
         init.install(tracker_home, templates[template]['path'], settings=defns)
 
+        # Remove config_ini.ini file from tracker_home.
+        # Ignore file not found - not all templates have
+        #   config_ini.ini files.
+        try:
+            os.remove( tracker_home + "/config_ini.ini")
+        except OSError as e:  # FileNotFound exception under py3
+            if e.errno == 2:
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise
+
         print(_("""
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  You should now edit the tracker configuration file: