How To Install citadel-client on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install citadel-client on Ubuntu 18.04. citadel-client is complete and feature-rich groupware server (command line client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install citadel-client on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is citadel-client

citadel-client is:

This is package contains the command line client for Citadel, a complete and feature-rich open source groupware platform.

See the ‘citadel-server’ package for more information.

There are three methods to install citadel-client 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 citadel-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install citadel-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install citadel-client

Install citadel-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install citadel-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install citadel-client

Install citadel-client 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 citadel-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install citadel-client

How To Uninstall citadel-client on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the citadel-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove citadel-client

Uninstall citadel-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall citadel-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove citadel-client

Remove citadel-client Configurations and Data

To remove citadel-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge citadel-client

Remove citadel-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove citadel-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge citadel-client

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Summary

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