How To Install php7.4-imap on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-imap on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-imap
php7.4-imap is:
This package provides the IMAP 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-imap 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: 128 Provides: php-imap Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc-client2007e, libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/php7.4-imap_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 29572 MD5sum: a5cdb0525ddbede06344f96c3c2acb58 SHA1: 5d7d359d796812d6bdabb1b2c6098bd449f0b8c3 SHA256: 7562cb61f483727cc3d27af6846458b51e882d500b019e4f8d79e54fa5fd352f Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: IMAP module for PHP This package provides the IMAP 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-imap 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-imap 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-imap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-imap
Install php7.4-imap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-imap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-imap
Install php7.4-imap 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-imap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-imap
How To Uninstall php7.4-imap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-imap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-imap
Uninstall php7.4-imap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-imap 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-imap
Remove php7.4-imap Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-imap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-imap
Remove php7.4-imap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-imap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-imap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-imap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
