How To Install php-horde-xml-wbxml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-xml-wbxml on Ubuntu 18.04. php-horde-xml-wbxml is Horde_Xml_Wbxml provides an API for encoding and decoding WBXML documents used in SyncML and other wireless applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-xml-wbxml on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-horde-xml-wbxml

php-horde-xml-wbxml is:

Encoding and decoding of WBXML (Wireless Binary XML) documents. WBXML is used in SyncML for transferring smaller amounts of data with wireless devices.

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-xml-wbxml 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-xml-wbxml 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-xml-wbxml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-xml-wbxml

Install php-horde-xml-wbxml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-horde-xml-wbxml

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-xml-wbxml

How To Uninstall php-horde-xml-wbxml on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-xml-wbxml

Uninstall php-horde-xml-wbxml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-xml-wbxml 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-xml-wbxml

Remove php-horde-xml-wbxml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-xml-wbxml

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-xml-wbxml

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Summary

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