How To Install libownet-php on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libownet-php on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libownet-php
libownet-php is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
The PHP OWNet library lets you access owserver and allows reading, writing and listing the 1-wire bus.
There are three methods to install libownet-php on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libownet-php Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libownet-php using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libownet-php
Install libownet-php Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libownet-php using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libownet-php
Install libownet-php 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 libownet-php using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libownet-php
How To Uninstall libownet-php on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libownet-php package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libownet-php
Uninstall libownet-php And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libownet-php and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libownet-php
Remove libownet-php Configurations and Data
To remove libownet-php configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libownet-php
Remove libownet-php configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libownet-php configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libownet-php
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libownet-php package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
