How To Install php-igbinary on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-igbinary on Kali Linux. php-igbinary is igbinary PHP serializer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-igbinary on Kali Linux.

What is php-igbinary

php-igbinary is:

Igbinary is a drop in replacement for the standard PHP serializer. Instead of time and space consuming textual representation, igbinary stores PHP data structures in a compact binary form. Savings are significant when using memcached or similar memory based storages for serialized data.

There are three methods to install php-igbinary on Kali Linux. 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-igbinary 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-igbinary using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-igbinary

Install php-igbinary Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-igbinary

Install php-igbinary Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-igbinary

How To Uninstall php-igbinary on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-igbinary

Uninstall php-igbinary And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-igbinary and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-igbinary

Remove php-igbinary Configurations and Data

To remove php-igbinary configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-igbinary

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

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

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

Dependencies

php-igbinary have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-igbinary package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.