How To Install php-horde-pdf on Debian 12

Learn how to install php-horde-pdf on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php-horde-pdf is PDF writer library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-pdf on Debian 12.

What is php-horde-pdf

php-horde-pdf is:

A PDF generation library using only PHP, without requiring any external libraries.

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-pdf on Debian 12. 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-pdf 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-pdf using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install php-horde-pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-pdf

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-pdf

How To Uninstall php-horde-pdf on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-pdf

Uninstall php-horde-pdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove php-horde-pdf Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-pdf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

php-horde-pdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-pdf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.