How To Install php-odbc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-odbc
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-odbc
php-odbc is:
This package provides a ODBC 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 Ubuntu’s default PHP version (currently 7.2).
There are three methods to install php-odbc
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-odbc 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-odbc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-odbc
Install php-odbc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-odbc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-odbc
Install php-odbc 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-odbc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-odbc
How To Uninstall php-odbc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-odbc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-odbc
Uninstall php-odbc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-odbc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-odbc
Remove php-odbc Configurations and Data
To remove php-odbc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-odbc
Remove php-odbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-odbc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-odbc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-odbc
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.