How To Install php-horde-socket-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-socket-client on Kali Linux. php-horde-socket-client is Network socket client library

Introduction

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

What is php-horde-socket-client

php-horde-socket-client is:

A library that provides an abstract PHP network socket client.

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-socket-client 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-socket-client 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-socket-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-socket-client

Install php-horde-socket-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-socket-client

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-socket-client

How To Uninstall php-horde-socket-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-socket-client

Uninstall php-horde-socket-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-socket-client

Remove php-horde-socket-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-socket-client

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-socket-client

Dependencies

php-horde-socket-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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