How To Install libow-php7 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-php7 on Debian 12.
What is libow-php7
libow-php7 is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
PHP bindings for the OWFS 1-wire support library have been produced with SWIG and allow access to libow* functions from PHP code.
There are three methods to install libow-php7 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 libow-php7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libow-php7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libow-php7
Install libow-php7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libow-php7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libow-php7
Install libow-php7 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 libow-php7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libow-php7
How To Uninstall libow-php7 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libow-php7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libow-php7
Uninstall libow-php7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libow-php7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libow-php7
Remove libow-php7 Configurations and Data
To remove libow-php7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libow-php7
Remove libow-php7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libow-php7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libow-php7
Dependencies
libow-php7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-php7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.