How To Install php-horde-webmail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-webmail on Kali Linux. php-horde-webmail is Horde Groupware Webmail Edition

Introduction

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

What is php-horde-webmail

php-horde-webmail is:

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition is a free, enterprise ready, browser based communication suite. Users can read, send and organize email messages with three different webmail interfaces and manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project.

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

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

Install php-horde-webmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-webmail

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-webmail

How To Uninstall php-horde-webmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-webmail

Uninstall php-horde-webmail And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove php-horde-webmail Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

php-horde-webmail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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