How To Install php-excimer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-excimer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-excimer
php-excimer is:
Excimer is a new PHP extension that provides a non-static, non-global profiler. It can be used as an alternative to the xhprof and tideways PHP extensions.
Excimer is being designed for usage in MediaWiki, but it has no dependency upon MediaWiki and can be used standalone.
There are three methods to install php-excimer
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-excimer 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-excimer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-excimer
Install php-excimer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-excimer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-excimer
Install php-excimer 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-excimer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-excimer
How To Uninstall php-excimer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-excimer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-excimer
Uninstall php-excimer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-excimer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-excimer
Remove php-excimer Configurations and Data
To remove php-excimer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-excimer
Remove php-excimer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-excimer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-excimer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-excimer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.