How To Install php-net-idna2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-net-idna2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-net-idna2
php-net-idna2 is:
Punycode is a way to represent Unicode with the limited character subset of ASCII supported by the Domain Name System. Punycode is intended for the encoding of labels in the Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) framework.
This library provides Net\IDNA2 PHP class that can be used to perform Punycode encoding and decoding.
There are three methods to install php-net-idna2 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-net-idna2 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-net-idna2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-net-idna2
Install php-net-idna2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-net-idna2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-net-idna2
Install php-net-idna2 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-net-idna2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-net-idna2
How To Uninstall php-net-idna2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-net-idna2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-net-idna2
Uninstall php-net-idna2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-net-idna2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-net-idna2
Remove php-net-idna2 Configurations and Data
To remove php-net-idna2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-net-idna2
Remove php-net-idna2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-net-idna2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-net-idna2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-net-idna2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
