How To Install gosa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. gosa-dev is GOsa² development utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gosa-dev

gosa-dev is:

This package contains a couple of tools to generate online help, extract localizations and howto’s for developing Gosa² plugins.

GOsa² is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-dev 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 gosa-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-dev

Install gosa-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gosa-dev

Install gosa-dev 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 gosa-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-dev

How To Uninstall gosa-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gosa-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-dev

Uninstall gosa-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gosa-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-dev

Remove gosa-dev Configurations and Data

To remove gosa-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-dev

Remove gosa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.