How To Install php-guestfs on Debian 10

Learn how to install php-guestfs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. php-guestfs is guest disk image management system - PHP bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-guestfs on Debian 10.

What is php-guestfs

php-guestfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains the PHP bindings.

There are three methods to install php-guestfs on Debian 10. 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-guestfs 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-guestfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-guestfs

Install php-guestfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-guestfs

Install php-guestfs 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-guestfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-guestfs

How To Uninstall php-guestfs on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove php-guestfs

Uninstall php-guestfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-guestfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-guestfs

Remove php-guestfs Configurations and Data

To remove php-guestfs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-guestfs

Remove php-guestfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-guestfs

Dependencies

php-guestfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-guestfs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.