How To Install php-json on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-json
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-json
php-json is:
This package provides a JSON module for PHP.
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 Debian’s default PHP version (currently 7.4).
There are three methods to install php-json
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-json 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-json
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-json
Install php-json Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-json
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-json
Install php-json 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-json
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-json
How To Uninstall php-json on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-json
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-json
Uninstall php-json And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-json
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-json
Remove php-json Configurations and Data
To remove php-json
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-json
Remove php-json configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-json
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-json
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-json
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.