How To Install php-console-table on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-table on Ubuntu 18.04. php-console-table is Library that makes it easy to build console style tables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-table on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-console-table

php-console-table is:

Provides a Console_Table class with methods such as addRow(), insertRow(), addCol() etc. to build console tables with or without headers and with user defined table rules, padding, and alignment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-console-table

Install php-console-table Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-console-table

Install php-console-table 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-table using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-console-table

How To Uninstall php-console-table on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the php-console-table package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-console-table

Uninstall php-console-table And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-console-table 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-table

Remove php-console-table Configurations and Data

To remove php-console-table configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-console-table

Remove php-console-table configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-console-table

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-table package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.