How To Install php-gearman on Debian 12

Learn how to install php-gearman on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php-gearman is PHP wrapper to libgearman

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gearman on Debian 12.

What is php-gearman

php-gearman is:

This extension uses libgearman library to provide API for communicating with gearmand, and writing clients and workers.

This is empty package that depends on default PHP version.

There are three methods to install php-gearman on Debian 12. 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-gearman 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-gearman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-gearman

Install php-gearman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-gearman

Install php-gearman 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-gearman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-gearman

How To Uninstall php-gearman on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove php-gearman

Uninstall php-gearman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-gearman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-gearman

Remove php-gearman Configurations and Data

To remove php-gearman configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-gearman

Remove php-gearman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-gearman

Dependencies

php-gearman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gearman package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.