How To Install php-horde-groupware on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-groupware on Ubuntu 18.04. php-horde-groupware is Horde Groupware

Introduction

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

What is php-horde-groupware

php-horde-groupware is:

Horde Groupware is a free, enterprise ready, browser based collaboration suite. Users can manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project.

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-groupware 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-groupware 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-groupware using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install php-horde-groupware Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-groupware

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-groupware

How To Uninstall php-horde-groupware on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-groupware

Uninstall php-horde-groupware And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-groupware 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-groupware

Remove php-horde-groupware Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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