How To Install php-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-cli
php-cli is:
This package provides the /usr/bin/php command interpreter, useful for testing PHP scripts from a shell or performing general shell scripting tasks.
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.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Ubuntu’s default PHP version (currently 7.2).
There are three methods to install php-cli 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 php-cli 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-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-cli
Install php-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-cli
Install php-cli 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 php-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-cli
How To Uninstall php-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-cli
Uninstall php-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-cli
Remove php-cli Configurations and Data
To remove php-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-cli
Remove php-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
