How To Install php-horde-service-facebook on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-service-facebook on Debian 9. php-horde-service-facebook is Horde Facebook client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-service-facebook on Debian 9.

What is php-horde-service-facebook

php-horde-service-facebook is:

Client libraries for the Facebook REST API.

This package is part of Horde, a web application Framework written in PHP with modules like IMP (webmail), Turba (contacts), Kronolith (calendar), Nag (task list), Gollem (file manager), etc.

There are three methods to install php-horde-service-facebook on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php-horde-service-facebook Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-service-facebook using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-service-facebook

Install php-horde-service-facebook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-service-facebook using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-horde-service-facebook

Install php-horde-service-facebook 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-service-facebook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-service-facebook

How To Uninstall php-horde-service-facebook on Debian 9

To uninstall only the php-horde-service-facebook package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-service-facebook

Uninstall php-horde-service-facebook And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-service-facebook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-service-facebook

Remove php-horde-service-facebook Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-service-facebook configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-service-facebook

Remove php-horde-service-facebook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-horde-service-facebook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-service-facebook

Dependencies

php-horde-service-facebook have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-service-facebook package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.