How To Install ical2vcal on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install korganizer

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is ical2vcal and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install ical2vcal on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install ical2vcal using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install ical2vcal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install korganizer

Install ical2vcal using apt

Because ical2vcal is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install ical2vcal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install korganizer

Install ical2vcal 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 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install ical2vcal by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install korganizer

How to upgrade (update) a single package ical2vcal using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the ical2vcal, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install korganizer

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install korganizer

How To Uninstall ical2vcal from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the ical2vcal package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove korganizer

Uninstall ical2vcal and all its dependencies

To uninstall ical2vcal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove korganizer

Remove ical2vcal with all configurations and data

To remove ical2vcal configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge korganizer

Remove ical2vcal completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to ical2vcal package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge korganizer

Extra info and code examples

This package contains KOrganizer, a calendar and scheduling program. KOrganizer aims to be a complete program for organizing appointments, contacts, projects, etc. KOrganizer natively supports information interchange with other calendar applications, through the industry standard vCalendar personal data interchange file format. This eases the move from other modern PIMs to KOrganizer. This package is part of the KDE PIM module.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install ical2vcal using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the ical2vcal from Ubuntu 21.04.

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