How To Install php-ast on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-ast
on Debian 9.
What is php-ast
php-ast is:
This extension exposes the abstract syntax tree generated by PHP 7.
There are three methods to install php-ast
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-ast Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-ast
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-ast
Install php-ast Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-ast
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-ast
Install php-ast 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 php-ast
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-ast
How To Uninstall php-ast on Debian 9
To uninstall only the php-ast
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-ast
Uninstall php-ast And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-ast
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-ast
Remove php-ast Configurations and Data
To remove php-ast
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-ast
Remove php-ast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-ast
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-ast
Dependencies
php-ast have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-ast
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.