How To Install php-vlucas-phpdotenv on Debian 12

Learn how to install php-vlucas-phpdotenv on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php-vlucas-phpdotenv is environment variable file loader for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-vlucas-phpdotenv on Debian 12.

What is php-vlucas-phpdotenv

php-vlucas-phpdotenv is:

PHP library implementing an environment variable file (.env) loader for PHP.

The environment file loader will load environment variables from .env files to getenv(), $_ENV and $_SERVER automagically.

There are three methods to install php-vlucas-phpdotenv 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-vlucas-phpdotenv 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-vlucas-phpdotenv using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Install php-vlucas-phpdotenv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Install php-vlucas-phpdotenv 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-vlucas-phpdotenv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-vlucas-phpdotenv

How To Uninstall php-vlucas-phpdotenv on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Uninstall php-vlucas-phpdotenv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Remove php-vlucas-phpdotenv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Remove php-vlucas-phpdotenv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-vlucas-phpdotenv

Dependencies

php-vlucas-phpdotenv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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