How To Install pear-channels on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pear-channels on Debian 9.
What is pear-channels
pear-channels is:
This package provides the PEAR channel registry entries for various projects:
- Andrewsville
- Apache log4php, oodt and zetacomponents
- ApiGen
- AWS
- Depend
- Doctrine
- Dropbox
- Guzzle
- eZ Enterprise components
- Horde
- HTML Purifier
- Kukulich
- Mess Detector
- Michel Fortin
- Netpirates
- Nette
- nikic
- phpDocumentor
- Phing
- PHPUnit
- Propel ORM
- Symfony (versions 1 and 2)
- Texy
- Twig
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. A PEAR channel is a website that provides package for download and a few extra meta-information for files.
There are three methods to install pear-channels on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pear-channels Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pear-channels using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pear-channels
Install pear-channels Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pear-channels using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pear-channels
Install pear-channels 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pear-channels using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pear-channels
How To Uninstall pear-channels on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pear-channels package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pear-channels
Uninstall pear-channels And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pear-channels and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pear-channels
Remove pear-channels Configurations and Data
To remove pear-channels configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pear-channels
Remove pear-channels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pear-channels configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pear-channels
Dependencies
pear-channels have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pear-channels package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
