How To Install gosa-plugin-kolab on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-kolab on Ubuntu 18.04. gosa-plugin-kolab is kolab plugin for GOsa²

Introduction

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

What is gosa-plugin-kolab

gosa-plugin-kolab is:

Kolab2 account management plugin

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-plugin-kolab 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-plugin-kolab 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-plugin-kolab using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-plugin-kolab

Install gosa-plugin-kolab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gosa-plugin-kolab

Install gosa-plugin-kolab 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-plugin-kolab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-plugin-kolab

How To Uninstall gosa-plugin-kolab on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gosa-plugin-kolab

Uninstall gosa-plugin-kolab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-plugin-kolab

Remove gosa-plugin-kolab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-plugin-kolab

Remove gosa-plugin-kolab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-plugin-kolab

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Summary

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