How To Install ledgersmb on Debian 10

Learn how to install ledgersmb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ledgersmb is financial accounting and ERP program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ledgersmb on Debian 10.

What is ledgersmb

ledgersmb is:

LedgerSMB is a full featured double-entry financial accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning system accessed via a web browser (Perl/JS with a PostgreSQL backend) which offers “Accounts Receivable”, “Accounts Payable” and “General Ledger” tracking as well as inventory control and fixed assets handling. The LedgerSMB client can be a web browser or a programmed API call. The goal of the LedgerSMB project is to bring high quality ERP and accounting capabilities to Small and Midsize Businesses.

The application now defaults to being made available locally on port 5762 and being run directly by Starman instead of by Apache. If other access is needed, a Reverse Proxy can be configured locally using Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, or Varnish.

For more information, please see /usr/share/doc/ledgersmb/README.Debian.

There are three methods to install ledgersmb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ledgersmb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ledgersmb

Install ledgersmb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ledgersmb

Install ledgersmb 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 ledgersmb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ledgersmb

How To Uninstall ledgersmb on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ledgersmb

Uninstall ledgersmb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ledgersmb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledgersmb

Remove ledgersmb Configurations and Data

To remove ledgersmb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ledgersmb

Remove ledgersmb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledgersmb

Dependencies

ledgersmb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ledgersmb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.