How To Install php-brick-varexporter on Debian 12

Learn how to install php-brick-varexporter on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php-brick-varexporter is powerful alternative to var_export()

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-brick-varexporter on Debian 12.

What is php-brick-varexporter

php-brick-varexporter is:

This library aims to provide a prettier, safer, and powerful alternative to var_export(), which can export closures and objects without __set_state(). The output is valid and standalone PHP code, that does not depend on the brick/varexporter library.

There are three methods to install php-brick-varexporter 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 php-brick-varexporter 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-brick-varexporter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-brick-varexporter

Install php-brick-varexporter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-brick-varexporter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-brick-varexporter

Install php-brick-varexporter 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-brick-varexporter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-brick-varexporter

How To Uninstall php-brick-varexporter on Debian 12

To uninstall only the php-brick-varexporter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-brick-varexporter

Uninstall php-brick-varexporter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-brick-varexporter

Remove php-brick-varexporter Configurations and Data

To remove php-brick-varexporter configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-brick-varexporter

Remove php-brick-varexporter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-brick-varexporter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-brick-varexporter

Dependencies

php-brick-varexporter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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