How To Install ledgersmb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledgersmb on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ledgersmb
ledgersmb is:
LedgerSMB is a full featured double-entry financial accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning system accessed via a web browser (Perl/JS with a PostgreSQL backend) which offers “Accounts Receivable”, “Accounts Payable” and “General Ledger” tracking as well as inventory control and fixed assets handling. The LedgerSMB client can be a web browser or a programmed API call. The goal of the LedgerSMB project is to bring high quality ERP and accounting capabilities to Small and Midsize Businesses.
Features:
- Sales (Invoices, Orders, Quotations)
- Receivables & Payables
- General ledger
- Inventory management
- Fixed asset accounting & depreciation
- Profit & cost centers, departments, projects
- Output documents in PDF, HTML, CSV, and Office formats
- Mail documents (e.g. invoices) from within the application
- Translatable to your language (comes with 45 languages)
The application now defaults to being made available locally on port 5762 and being run directly by Starman instead of by Apache. If other access is needed, a Reverse Proxy can be configured locally using Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, or Varnish.
For more information, please see /usr/share/doc/ledgersmb/README.Debian.
There are three methods to install ledgersmb on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ledgersmb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ledgersmb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ledgersmb
Install ledgersmb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ledgersmb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ledgersmb
Install ledgersmb 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 ledgersmb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ledgersmb
How To Uninstall ledgersmb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ledgersmb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ledgersmb
Uninstall ledgersmb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ledgersmb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledgersmb
Remove ledgersmb Configurations and Data
To remove ledgersmb configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ledgersmb
Remove ledgersmb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ledgersmb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledgersmb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ledgersmb package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
