How To Install libphp7.4-embed on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp7.4-embed on Ubuntu 20.04. libphp7.4-embed is HTML-embedded scripting language (Embedded SAPI library) HTML-embedded scripting language (Embedded SAPI library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp7.4-embed on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libphp7.4-embed

libphp7.4-embed is:

This package provides the library /usr/lib/libphp7.4.so which can be used by application developers to embed PHP scripting functionality.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash libxml openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

WARNING: The embed SAPI is experimental and there’s no guarantee that the API/ABI will be kept compatible even between minor releases. You have been warned.

Package: libphp7.4-embed Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/php Source: php7.4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4544 Provides: libphp-embed, phpapi-20190902 Depends: libmagic1, mime-support, php7.4-cli, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), php7.4-json, php7.4-opcache, tzdata, ucf, libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libc6 (>= 2.29), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.14), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: php-pear Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/libphp7.4-embed_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1363692 MD5sum: 80bb8e2947600a8c91f5576938415367 SHA1: 76ff9d133818c5209b7e23be8a3392249cd06379 SHA256: 1958935a0814885b3395930639e464deffd3010b06ee6067f2e50ea0fcb3c81d Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: HTML-embedded scripting language (Embedded SAPI library) This package provides the library /usr/lib/libphp7.4.so which can be used by application developers to embed PHP scripting functionality.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash libxml openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

WARNING: The embed SAPI is experimental and there’s no guarantee that the API/ABI will be kept compatible even between minor releases. You have been warned.

There are three methods to install libphp7.4-embed on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libphp7.4-embed Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libphp7.4-embed using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphp7.4-embed

Install libphp7.4-embed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libphp7.4-embed using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libphp7.4-embed

Install libphp7.4-embed 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 libphp7.4-embed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphp7.4-embed

How To Uninstall libphp7.4-embed on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libphp7.4-embed package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphp7.4-embed

Uninstall libphp7.4-embed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libphp7.4-embed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphp7.4-embed

Remove libphp7.4-embed Configurations and Data

To remove libphp7.4-embed configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libphp7.4-embed

Remove libphp7.4-embed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libphp7.4-embed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphp7.4-embed

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp7.4-embed package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.