How To Install php-gmagick on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gmagick
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-gmagick
php-gmagick is:
Gmagick is a php extension to create, modify and obtain meta information of images using the GraphicsMagick API.
There are three methods to install php-gmagick
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-gmagick 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-gmagick
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-gmagick
Install php-gmagick Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-gmagick
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-gmagick
Install php-gmagick 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-gmagick
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-gmagick
How To Uninstall php-gmagick on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-gmagick
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-gmagick
Uninstall php-gmagick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-gmagick
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-gmagick
Remove php-gmagick Configurations and Data
To remove php-gmagick
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-gmagick
Remove php-gmagick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-gmagick
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-gmagick
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-gmagick
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.