How To Install cakephp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cakephp on Debian 9. cakephp is rapid application development framework for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cakephp on Debian 9.

What is cakephp

cakephp is:

CakePHP is a flexible model-view-controller rapid application development framework for PHP inspired by Ruby on Rails.

CakePHP makes developing applications swiftly and with the least amount of hassle:

  • integrated CRUD for database interaction and simplified queries including scaffolding
  • request dispatcher with good looking, custom URLs
  • fast and flexible templating (PHP syntax, with helpers)
  • useful core features (access control lists, AJAX integration, etc.)
  • works from any website subdirectory

There are three methods to install cakephp on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cakephp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cakephp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cakephp

Install cakephp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cakephp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cakephp

Install cakephp 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cakephp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cakephp

How To Uninstall cakephp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cakephp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cakephp

Uninstall cakephp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cakephp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cakephp

Remove cakephp Configurations and Data

To remove cakephp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cakephp

Remove cakephp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cakephp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cakephp

Dependencies

cakephp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cakephp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.