How To Install kopano-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kopano-libs on Ubuntu 18.04. kopano-libs is Complete and feature rich groupware solution - Free/Busy library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kopano-libs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kopano-libs

kopano-libs is:

The Kopano Collaboration Platform (KCP) is a complete, stable and flexible groupware solution supporting open source as well as proprietary clients including mobile ones. It also features a web interface.

This package contains the shared libraries of server and client.

There are three methods to install kopano-libs 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 kopano-libs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kopano-libs

Install kopano-libs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kopano-libs

Install kopano-libs 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 kopano-libs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kopano-libs

How To Uninstall kopano-libs on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kopano-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kopano-libs

Uninstall kopano-libs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kopano-libs

Remove kopano-libs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kopano-libs

Remove kopano-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kopano-libs

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Summary

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