How To Install php-horde-date on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-date on Ubuntu 18.04. php-horde-date is Horde Date package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-date on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-horde-date

php-horde-date is:

Package for creating and manipulating dates.

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-date 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 php-horde-date 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-date using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-date

Install php-horde-date Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-date

Install php-horde-date 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 php-horde-date using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-date

How To Uninstall php-horde-date on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-date

Uninstall php-horde-date And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-date

Remove php-horde-date Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-date configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-date

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-date

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Summary

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