How To Install php-random-compat on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-random-compat
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is php-random-compat
php-random-compat is:
The random_compat polyfill provides simple interfaces for cryptographically secure random number generators added in PHP 7.0.0:
- random_bytes(int) generates an arbitrary number of random bytes
- random_int(int, int) returns a random integer between two given values (inclusive)
There are three methods to install php-random-compat
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-random-compat 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-random-compat
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-random-compat
Install php-random-compat Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-random-compat
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-random-compat
Install php-random-compat 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 php-random-compat
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-random-compat
How To Uninstall php-random-compat on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the php-random-compat
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-random-compat
Uninstall php-random-compat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-random-compat
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-random-compat
Remove php-random-compat Configurations and Data
To remove php-random-compat
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-random-compat
Remove php-random-compat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-random-compat
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-random-compat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-random-compat
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.