How To Install gnukhata-core-engine on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnukhata-core-engine on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnukhata-core-engine is Free Accounting Software (Core Engine)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnukhata-core-engine on Debian 10.

What is gnukhata-core-engine

gnukhata-core-engine is:

GNUKhata is a Free Accounting Software which can be deployed by both profit making and non-profit making organisations.

The advantages of GNUKhata are

  • It is lightweight and scales up with large volumes of data
  • It is robust and can be used on a wide variety of data categories
  • It is modular, thus facilitating addition of extensions for different tasks
  • The user interface is designed to be intuitive and friendly even for beginners
  • The reports are displayed on browser and can be printed or saved to PDF
  • Deployers will find the implementation easy to achieve.
  • GNUKhata is a free software, sometimes referred to as free and open source software or FOSS

There are three methods to install gnukhata-core-engine 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 gnukhata-core-engine Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnukhata-core-engine

Install gnukhata-core-engine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnukhata-core-engine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnukhata-core-engine

Install gnukhata-core-engine 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 gnukhata-core-engine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnukhata-core-engine

How To Uninstall gnukhata-core-engine on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnukhata-core-engine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnukhata-core-engine

Uninstall gnukhata-core-engine And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnukhata-core-engine

Remove gnukhata-core-engine Configurations and Data

To remove gnukhata-core-engine configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnukhata-core-engine

Remove gnukhata-core-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnukhata-core-engine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnukhata-core-engine

Dependencies

gnukhata-core-engine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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