How To Install gnukhata-core-engine on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnukhata-core-engine on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnukhata-core-engine package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
