How To Install php-embed on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-embed on Debian 10.
What is php-embed
php-embed is:
PHP library to get information from any web page (using oembed, opengraph, twitter-cards, scrapping the html, etc). It’s compatible with any web service (youtube, vimeo, flickr, instagram, etc) and has adapters to some sites like (archive.org, github, facebook, etc).
There are three methods to install php-embed on Debian 10. 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-embed 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-embed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-embed
Install php-embed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-embed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-embed
Install php-embed 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-embed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-embed
How To Uninstall php-embed on Debian 10
To uninstall only the php-embed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-embed
Uninstall php-embed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-embed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-embed
Remove php-embed Configurations and Data
To remove php-embed configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-embed
Remove php-embed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-embed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-embed
Dependencies
php-embed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-embed package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
