How To Install php-fpm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-fpm
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is php-fpm
php-fpm is:
This package provides the Fast Process Manager interpreter that runs as a daemon and receives Fast/CGI requests.
PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on latest stable PHP version (currently 8.1).
There are three methods to install php-fpm
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-fpm 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-fpm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-fpm
Install php-fpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-fpm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-fpm
Install php-fpm 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-fpm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-fpm
How To Uninstall php-fpm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the php-fpm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-fpm
Uninstall php-fpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-fpm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-fpm
Remove php-fpm Configurations and Data
To remove php-fpm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-fpm
Remove php-fpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-fpm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-fpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-fpm
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.