How To Install php-brick-math on Debian 12

Learn how to install php-brick-math on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php-brick-math is Arbitrary-precision arithmetic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-brick-math on Debian 12.

What is php-brick-math

php-brick-math is:

Library to work with arbitrary precision numbers.

There are three methods to install php-brick-math on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php-brick-math Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-brick-math using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-brick-math

Install php-brick-math Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-brick-math using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-brick-math

Install php-brick-math 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 php-brick-math using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-brick-math

How To Uninstall php-brick-math on Debian 12

To uninstall only the php-brick-math package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-brick-math

Uninstall php-brick-math And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-brick-math and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-brick-math

Remove php-brick-math Configurations and Data

To remove php-brick-math configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-brick-math

Remove php-brick-math configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-brick-math configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-brick-math

Dependencies

php-brick-math have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-brick-math package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.