How To Install php-mbstring on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is php-mbstring

php-mbstring is:

This package provides a MBSTRING 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-mbstring 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-mbstring 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-mbstring using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-mbstring

Install php-mbstring Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-mbstring

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-mbstring

How To Uninstall php-mbstring on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-mbstring

Uninstall php-mbstring And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-mbstring

Remove php-mbstring Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-mbstring

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

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

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

Dependencies

php-mbstring have the following dependencies:

• php-common
• php7.4-mbstring

References

• php-mbstring website

Summary

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