How To Install php-image-text on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-image-text on Debian 11. php-image-text is Image_Text - Advanced text maipulations in images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-image-text on Debian 11.

What is php-image-text

php-image-text is:

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Image_Text provides a comfortable interface to text manipulations in GD images. Beside common Freetype2 functionality it offers to handle texts in a graphic- or office-tool like way. For example it allows alignment of texts inside a text box, rotation (around the top left corner of a text box or it’s center point) and the automatic measurizement of the optimal font size for a given text box.

There are three methods to install php-image-text on Debian 11. 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-image-text 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-image-text using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-image-text

Install php-image-text Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-image-text

Install php-image-text 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-image-text using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-image-text

How To Uninstall php-image-text on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove php-image-text

Uninstall php-image-text And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-image-text and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-image-text

Remove php-image-text Configurations and Data

To remove php-image-text configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-image-text

Remove php-image-text configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-image-text

Dependencies

php-image-text have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-image-text package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.