How To Install php-console-commandline on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-commandline on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-console-commandline
php-console-commandline is:
Console_CommandLine is a full featured package for managing command-line options and arguments highly inspired from python optparse module, it allows the developer to easily build complex command line interfaces.
Main features:
- handles sub commands (ie. $ myscript.php -q subcommand -f file),
- can be completely built from an xml definition file,
- generate –help and –version options automatically,
- can be completely customized,
- builtin support for i18n,
- and much more…
There are three methods to install php-console-commandline 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-console-commandline 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-console-commandline using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-console-commandline
Install php-console-commandline Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-console-commandline using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-console-commandline
Install php-console-commandline 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-console-commandline using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-console-commandline
How To Uninstall php-console-commandline on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-console-commandline package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-console-commandline
Uninstall php-console-commandline And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-console-commandline and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-console-commandline
Remove php-console-commandline Configurations and Data
To remove php-console-commandline configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-console-commandline
Remove php-console-commandline configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-console-commandline configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-console-commandline
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-commandline package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
