How To Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is php-symfony-polyfill-php80
php-symfony-polyfill-php80 is:
This component provides features added to PHP 8.0 core:
- Stringable interface
- fdiv
- ValueError class
- UnhandledMatchError class
- FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL constant
- get_debug_type
- preg_last_error_msg
- str_contains
- str_starts_with
- str_ends_with
- get_resource_id
- Attribute class
The Symfony Polyfill project backports features found in the latest PHP versions and provides compatibility layers for some extensions and functions. It is intended to be used when portability across PHP versions and extensions is desired.
Symfony is a PHP framework, a set of tools and a development methodology.
There are three methods to install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
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-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
How To Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the php-symfony-polyfill-php80
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80
Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-symfony-polyfill-php80
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 Configurations and Data
To remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-polyfill-php80
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-polyfill-php80
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-php80
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.