How To Install php7.4-bz2 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-bz2 on Ubuntu 20.04. php7.4-bz2 is bzip2 module for PHP bzip2 module for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-bz2 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is php7.4-bz2

php7.4-bz2 is:

This package provides the bzip2 module(s) for PHP.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Package: php7.4-bz2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/php Source: php7.4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 60 Provides: php-bz2 Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/php7.4-bz2_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 10424 MD5sum: c19347d21b2607deb6727c804926b9ec SHA1: 86a0a59696ccadeaaf7b721e24e275a10f18499d SHA256: 653da2ab1e5a804bb84493507e36e7ed047e311050c7403cf3513c9bcafee0a3 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: bzip2 module for PHP This package provides the bzip2 module(s) for PHP.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

There are three methods to install php7.4-bz2 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php7.4-bz2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-bz2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-bz2

Install php7.4-bz2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-bz2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php7.4-bz2

Install php7.4-bz2 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 php7.4-bz2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-bz2

How To Uninstall php7.4-bz2 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the php7.4-bz2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php7.4-bz2

Uninstall php7.4-bz2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php7.4-bz2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php7.4-bz2

Remove php7.4-bz2 Configurations and Data

To remove php7.4-bz2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-bz2

Remove php7.4-bz2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php7.4-bz2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-bz2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-bz2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.