How To Install php-horde-compress-fast on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-compress-fast on Kali Linux. php-horde-compress-fast is Fast Compression Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-compress-fast on Kali Linux.

What is php-horde-compress-fast

php-horde-compress-fast is:

Provides compression suitable for packing strings on-the-fly in PHP code (as opposed to more resource-intensive compression algorithms such as DEFLATE).

This package is part of Horde, a web application Framework written in PHP with modules like IMP (webmail), Turba (contacts), Kronolith (calendar), Nag (task list), Gollem (file manager), etc.

There are three methods to install php-horde-compress-fast on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php-horde-compress-fast Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-compress-fast using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-compress-fast

Install php-horde-compress-fast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-compress-fast using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-horde-compress-fast

Install php-horde-compress-fast Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-compress-fast using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-compress-fast

How To Uninstall php-horde-compress-fast on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-horde-compress-fast package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-compress-fast

Uninstall php-horde-compress-fast And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-compress-fast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-compress-fast

Remove php-horde-compress-fast Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-compress-fast configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-compress-fast

Remove php-horde-compress-fast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-horde-compress-fast configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-compress-fast

Dependencies

php-horde-compress-fast have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-compress-fast package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.