How To Install php-numbers-words on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-numbers-words on Ubuntu 18.04. php-numbers-words is PEAR module providing methods for spelling numerals in words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-numbers-words on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-numbers-words

php-numbers-words is:

With Numbers_Words class you can convert numbers written in arabic digits to words in several languages. You can convert an integer between -infinity and infinity. If your system does not support such long numbers you can call Numbers_Words::toWords() with just a string.

With the Numbers_Words::toCurrency($num, $locale, ‘USD’) method you can convert a number (decimal and fraction part) to words with currency name.

The following languages are supported:

  • bg (Bulgarian) by Kouber Saparev
  • cs (Czech) by Petr ‘PePa’ Pavel
  • de (German) by Piotr Klaban
  • dk (Danish) by Jesper Veggerby
  • en_100 (Donald Knuth system, English) by Piotr Klaban
  • en_GB (British English) by Piotr Klaban
  • en_IN (Indian English) by Piotr Klaban
  • en_US (American English) by Piotr Klaban
  • es (Spanish Castellano) by Xavier Noguer
  • es_AR (Argentinian Spanish) by Martin Marrese
  • es_MX (Mexican Spanish) by Martin Marrese and Pavel Oropeza
  • es_VE (Venezuelan Spanish) by Martin Marrese and Pavel Oropeza
  • et (Estonian) by Erkki Saarniit
  • fr (French) by Kouber Saparev
  • fr_BE (French Belgium) by Kouber Saparev and Philippe Bajoit
  • he (Hebrew) by Hadar Porat
  • hu_HU (Hungarian) by Nils Homp
  • id (Indonesian) by Ernas M. Jamil and Arif Rifai Dwiyanto
  • it_IT (Italian) by Filippo Beltramini and Davide Caironi
  • lt (Lithuanian) by Laurynas Butkus
  • lv (Latvian) by Andrius Virbicianskas
  • nl (Dutch) by WHAM van Dinter
  • pl (Polish) by Piotr Klaban
  • pt_BR (Brazilian Portuguese) by Igor Feghali
  • ro_RO (Romanian) by Bogdan Stancescu
  • ru (Russian) by Andrey Demenev
  • sv (Swedish) by Robin Ericsson
  • tr_TR (Turkish) by Shahriyar Imanov
  • ua (Ukrainian) by Andrey Demenev and Vital Leshchyk

There are three methods to install php-numbers-words 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-numbers-words 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-numbers-words using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-numbers-words

Install php-numbers-words Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-numbers-words

Install php-numbers-words 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-numbers-words using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-numbers-words

How To Uninstall php-numbers-words on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-numbers-words

Uninstall php-numbers-words And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-numbers-words and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-numbers-words

Remove php-numbers-words Configurations and Data

To remove php-numbers-words configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-numbers-words

Remove php-numbers-words configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-numbers-words

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-numbers-words package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.