How To Install php7.4-odbc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-odbc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-odbc
php7.4-odbc is:
This package provides the ODBC 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-odbc 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: 132 Provides: php-odbc, php-pdo-odbc, php7.4-pdo-odbc Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libodbc1 (>= 2.3.1) Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-odbc_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 30644 MD5sum: c7c5cb161c82f27aad457974ac9d4bba SHA1: acd7ec40f87d87f38ca393e9a9d6eff6dd312985 SHA256: 798e7af80ef29070c2383c2f88644fe2f45109a9a5f3b38b33f99f16d2db07d8 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: ODBC module for PHP This package provides the ODBC 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-odbc 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-odbc 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-odbc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-odbc
Install php7.4-odbc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-odbc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-odbc
Install php7.4-odbc 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-odbc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-odbc
How To Uninstall php7.4-odbc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-odbc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-odbc
Uninstall php7.4-odbc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-odbc 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-odbc
Remove php7.4-odbc Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-odbc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-odbc
Remove php7.4-odbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-odbc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-odbc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-odbc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
