How To Install php7.4-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-zip on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-zip
php7.4-zip is:
This package provides the Zip 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-zip 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: 100 Provides: php-zip Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libzip5 (>= 1.5.0) Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/php7.4-zip_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 21552 MD5sum: c672047fc730e6c2b68245fa7d4ca925 SHA1: a949b6f2f5e135a80c03d6286b59dbc8502dca2e SHA256: c69d7e55fa8d02eb96873e952c06a79c083b28621bce65890a3e5fc28e4bf8ff Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: Zip module for PHP This package provides the Zip 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-zip 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-zip 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-zip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-zip
Install php7.4-zip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-zip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-zip
Install php7.4-zip 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-zip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-zip
How To Uninstall php7.4-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-zip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-zip
Uninstall php7.4-zip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-zip 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-zip
Remove php7.4-zip Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-zip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-zip
Remove php7.4-zip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-zip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-zip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-zip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
