How To Install php-mbstring on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-mbstring on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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-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 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-mbstring using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-mbstring
How To Uninstall php-mbstring on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-mbstring package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.