How To Install php7.4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-dev
php7.4-dev is:
This package provides the files from the PHP7.4 source needed for compiling additional modules.
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-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: 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: 5294 Depends: autoconf (>= 2.63), automake (>= 1.11), libpcre2-dev (>= 10.30), libssl-dev, php7.4-cli (>= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), shtool, libtool (>= 2.4.6-0.1~) Recommends: pkg-php-tools Suggests: dh-php Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-dev_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 537692 MD5sum: b794abbdf4d7071fe772cd2c68dd6fb3 SHA1: 082b43a751d99f2d57cf68626b8bbaf81eb25478 SHA256: adab4af930ea099d1032851505fd45228915a0d55b569afc5624f6000014a449 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: Files for PHP7.4 module development This package provides the files from the PHP7.4 source needed for compiling additional modules.
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-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-dev
Install php7.4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-dev
Install php7.4-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-dev
How To Uninstall php7.4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-dev
Uninstall php7.4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-dev 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-dev
Remove php7.4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-dev
Remove php7.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
