How To Install libawl-php on Debian 12

Learn how to install libawl-php on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libawl-php is Andrews Web Libraries - PHP Utility Libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libawl-php on Debian 12.

What is libawl-php

libawl-php is:

This package contains Andrew’s Web Libraries. This is a set of hopefully lightweight libraries for handling a variety of useful things for web programming, including:

  • Session management
  • User management
  • DB Records
  • Simple reporting
  • DB Schema Updating
  • iCalendar parsing

There is some documentation in the awl-doc package.

There are three methods to install libawl-php on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libawl-php Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libawl-php

Install libawl-php Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libawl-php

Install libawl-php 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 libawl-php using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libawl-php

How To Uninstall libawl-php on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libawl-php package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libawl-php

Uninstall libawl-php And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libawl-php and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libawl-php

Remove libawl-php Configurations and Data

To remove libawl-php configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libawl-php

Remove libawl-php configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libawl-php

Dependencies

libawl-php have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libawl-php package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.