How To Install libphp-snoopy on Debian 12

Learn how to install libphp-snoopy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libphp-snoopy is Snoopy is a PHP class that simulates a web browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp-snoopy on Debian 12.

What is libphp-snoopy

libphp-snoopy is:

It automates the task of retrieving web page content and posting forms, for example.

Some of Snoopy’s features:

  • easily fetch the contents of a web page
  • easily fetch the text from a web page (strip html tags)
  • easily fetch the links from a web page
  • supports proxy hosts
  • supports basic user/pass authentication
  • supports setting user_agent, referer, cookies and header content
  • supports browser redirects, and controlled depth of redirects
  • expands fetched links to fully qualified URLs (default)
  • easily submit form data and retrieve the results
  • supports following html frames (added v0.92)
  • supports passing cookies on redirects (added v0.92)

There are three methods to install libphp-snoopy 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 libphp-snoopy 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-snoopy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphp-snoopy

Install libphp-snoopy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libphp-snoopy

Install libphp-snoopy 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 libphp-snoopy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphp-snoopy

How To Uninstall libphp-snoopy on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libphp-snoopy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphp-snoopy

Uninstall libphp-snoopy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphp-snoopy

Remove libphp-snoopy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libphp-snoopy

Remove libphp-snoopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphp-snoopy

Dependencies

libphp-snoopy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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