How To Install php-horde-lz4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-lz4 on Kali Linux.

What is php-horde-lz4

php-horde-lz4 is:

PHP extension that implements the LZ4 compression algorithm - an extremely fast lossless compression algorithm.

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-lz4 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-lz4 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-lz4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-lz4

Install php-horde-lz4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-lz4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-horde-lz4

Install php-horde-lz4 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-lz4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-lz4

How To Uninstall php-horde-lz4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-horde-lz4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-lz4

Uninstall php-horde-lz4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-lz4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-lz4

Remove php-horde-lz4 Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-lz4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-lz4

Remove php-horde-lz4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-horde-lz4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-lz4

Dependencies

php-horde-lz4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• liblz4-1
• php-common
• phpapi-20190902

References

• php-horde-lz4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-lz4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.