How To Install php7.4-interbase on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-interbase on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-interbase
php7.4-interbase is:
This package provides the Interbase 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-interbase 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: 64 Provides: php-pdo-firebird, php7.4-pdo-firebird Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfbclient2 (>= 2.5.0.25784~ReleaseCandidate1.ds2) Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/php7.4-interbase_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 14472 MD5sum: 5e58d96eb4ec88b65d880260d3d5a764 SHA1: c8e782aba44ad1e8da56881c37b09c6e47e22997 SHA256: 5b1f9d535bc203c583d21c89923926dda714cacfb2b5ec9a00f9dbea773eb0a8 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: Interbase module for PHP This package provides the Interbase 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-interbase 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-interbase 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-interbase using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-interbase
Install php7.4-interbase Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-interbase using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-interbase
Install php7.4-interbase 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-interbase using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-interbase
How To Uninstall php7.4-interbase on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-interbase package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-interbase
Uninstall php7.4-interbase And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-interbase 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-interbase
Remove php7.4-interbase Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-interbase configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-interbase
Remove php7.4-interbase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-interbase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-interbase
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-interbase package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
