How To Install php-fpdf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-fpdf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-fpdf
php-fpdf is:
FPDF is a PHP class that allow generating PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. FPDF provides high-level functions and has the following main features:
- Choice of measure unit, page format, and margins
- Page header and footer management
- Automatic page break
- Automatic line break and text justification
- Image support (JPEG and PNG)
- Colors
- Links
- TrueType, Type1, and encoding support
- Page compression
There are three methods to install php-fpdf
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-fpdf 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-fpdf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-fpdf
Install php-fpdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-fpdf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-fpdf
Install php-fpdf 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-fpdf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-fpdf
How To Uninstall php-fpdf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-fpdf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-fpdf
Uninstall php-fpdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-fpdf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-fpdf
Remove php-fpdf Configurations and Data
To remove php-fpdf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-fpdf
Remove php-fpdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-fpdf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-fpdf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-fpdf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.