How To Install php-horde-text-diff on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-text-diff on Ubuntu 18.04. php-horde-text-diff is Engine for performing and rendering text diffs

Introduction

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

What is php-horde-text-diff

php-horde-text-diff is:

A text-based diff engine and renderers for multiple diff output formats.

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-text-diff 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-text-diff 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-text-diff using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-text-diff

Install php-horde-text-diff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-text-diff

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-text-diff

How To Uninstall php-horde-text-diff on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-text-diff

Uninstall php-horde-text-diff And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-text-diff 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-text-diff

Remove php-horde-text-diff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-text-diff

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-text-diff

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Summary

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