How To Install php7.4-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-pgsql
php7.4-pgsql is:
This package provides the PostgreSQL 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-pgsql 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: 228 Provides: php-pdo-pgsql, php-pgsql, php7.4-pdo-pgsql Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpq5 (>= 9.3~) Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-pgsql_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 56912 MD5sum: 4dd9a15760c7d5b22aa61c1498518c05 SHA1: 43c4f5419c2623d430d6b8e70028e917a6cbd0f8 SHA256: b8a6ca18edf133854c341a38708ff636494ae3ee1f8282044f1adacb5c8f051c Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: PostgreSQL module for PHP This package provides the PostgreSQL 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-pgsql 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-pgsql 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-pgsql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-pgsql
Install php7.4-pgsql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-pgsql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-pgsql
Install php7.4-pgsql 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-pgsql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-pgsql
How To Uninstall php7.4-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-pgsql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-pgsql
Uninstall php7.4-pgsql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-pgsql 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-pgsql
Remove php7.4-pgsql Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-pgsql configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-pgsql
Remove php7.4-pgsql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-pgsql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-pgsql
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-pgsql package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.