How To Install php8.1-xdebug on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php8.1-xdebug
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is php8.1-xdebug
php8.1-xdebug is:
The Xdebug extension helps you debugging your script by providing a lot of valuable debug information. The debug information that Xdebug can provide includes the following:
* stack traces and function traces in error messages with:
- full parameter display for user defined functions
- function name, file name and line indications
- support for member functions
* memory allocation
* protection for infinite recursions
Xdebug also provides:
* profiling information for PHP scripts
* script execution analysis
* capabilities to debug your scripts interactively with a debug client
There are three methods to install php8.1-xdebug
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php8.1-xdebug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php8.1-xdebug
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php8.1-xdebug
Install php8.1-xdebug Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php8.1-xdebug
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php8.1-xdebug
Install php8.1-xdebug 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 php8.1-xdebug
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php8.1-xdebug
How To Uninstall php8.1-xdebug on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the php8.1-xdebug
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php8.1-xdebug
Uninstall php8.1-xdebug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php8.1-xdebug
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php8.1-xdebug
Remove php8.1-xdebug Configurations and Data
To remove php8.1-xdebug
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php8.1-xdebug
Remove php8.1-xdebug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php8.1-xdebug
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php8.1-xdebug
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php8.1-xdebug
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.