How To Install php-horde-form on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-form on Debian 9. php-horde-form is Horde Form API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-form on Debian 9.

What is php-horde-form

php-horde-form is:

The Horde_Form package provides form rendering, validation, and other functionality for the Horde Application Framework.

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-form on Debian 9. 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-form 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-form using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install php-horde-form Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-form

Install php-horde-form 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-form

How To Uninstall php-horde-form on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-form

Uninstall php-horde-form And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-form and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove php-horde-form Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-form configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

php-horde-form have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-form package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.