How To Install php-horde-vfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-vfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-horde-vfs
php-horde-vfs is:
A Virtual File System API, with backends for:
- SQL
- FTP
- Local filesystems
- Hybrid SQL and filesystem
- Samba
- SSH2/SFTP
- MongoDB
Reading, writing and listing of files are all supported.
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-vfs 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-vfs 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-vfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-vfs
Install php-horde-vfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-vfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-horde-vfs
Install php-horde-vfs 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-vfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-vfs
How To Uninstall php-horde-vfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-horde-vfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-horde-vfs
Uninstall php-horde-vfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-horde-vfs 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-vfs
Remove php-horde-vfs Configurations and Data
To remove php-horde-vfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-vfs
Remove php-horde-vfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-horde-vfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-vfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-vfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
