How To Install postbooks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postbooks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is postbooks
postbooks is:
A full-featured, fully-integrated business management system, the core of the award winning xTuple ERP Suite. Built with the open source PostgreSQL database and the open source Qt framework for C++, it provides the ultimate in power and flexibility for a range of businesses and industries of any size.
This package contains the GUI. Install it on any workstation that needs access to the PostBooks database. There is no server component other than an instance of PostgreSQL itself.
There are three methods to install postbooks 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 postbooks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install postbooks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postbooks
Install postbooks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postbooks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postbooks
Install postbooks 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 postbooks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postbooks
How To Uninstall postbooks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the postbooks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postbooks
Uninstall postbooks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postbooks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postbooks
Remove postbooks Configurations and Data
To remove postbooks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postbooks
Remove postbooks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postbooks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postbooks
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postbooks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
