How To Install libphp-simplepie on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp-simplepie on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libphp-simplepie
libphp-simplepie is:
SimplePie is a very fast and easy-to-use class, written in PHP, that puts the ‘simple’ back into ‘really simple syndication
Simplepie is an easy to use API that handles all of the dirty work when it comes to fetching, caching, parsing, normalizing data structures between RSS and Atom formats, handling character encoding translation, and sanitizing the resulting data
There are three methods to install libphp-simplepie on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libphp-simplepie Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libphp-simplepie using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libphp-simplepie
Install libphp-simplepie Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libphp-simplepie using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libphp-simplepie
Install libphp-simplepie 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 libphp-simplepie using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libphp-simplepie
How To Uninstall libphp-simplepie on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libphp-simplepie package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libphp-simplepie
Uninstall libphp-simplepie And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libphp-simplepie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphp-simplepie
Remove libphp-simplepie Configurations and Data
To remove libphp-simplepie configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libphp-simplepie
Remove libphp-simplepie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libphp-simplepie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphp-simplepie
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp-simplepie package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
