How To Install php7.4-xml on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-xml on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-xml
php7.4-xml is:
This package provides the DOM, SimpleXML, XML, and XSL 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-xml 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: 433 Provides: php-dom, php-simplexml, php-xml, php-xmlreader, php-xmlwriter, php-xsl, php7.4-dom, php7.4-simplexml, php7.4-xmlreader, php7.4-xmlwriter, php7.4-xsl Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25) Breaks: php7.4-xsl (« 7.0.3-6~) Replaces: php7.4-xsl (« 7.0.3-6~) Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-xml_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 97208 MD5sum: 945b6936d25fe217b1619af6dfd2d5c3 SHA1: ab5570bdf51b051bff2649ad4c8579628ec951ce SHA256: 25780b7b1fb87f7bb8843a8a39e59e762d9debaeb174758c5231351de4a4e11e Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: DOM, SimpleXML, XML, and XSL module for PHP This package provides the DOM, SimpleXML, XML, and XSL 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-xml 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-xml 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-xml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-xml
Install php7.4-xml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-xml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-xml
Install php7.4-xml 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-xml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-xml
How To Uninstall php7.4-xml on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-xml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-xml
Uninstall php7.4-xml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-xml 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-xml
Remove php7.4-xml Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-xml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-xml
Remove php7.4-xml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-xml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-xml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-xml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
