How To Install php-pclzip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pclzip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-pclzip
php-pclzip is:
This library offers compression and extraction functions for ZIP formatted archives (WinZip, PKZIP). It gives you the ability to manipulate ZIP formatted archives. You can create, list and extract the contents of any ZIP file.
PclZip defines an object oriented interface to ZIP archives through a PHP class. This class manages the archive properties and offers access method and actions on it.
There are three methods to install php-pclzip 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-pclzip 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-pclzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-pclzip
Install php-pclzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-pclzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-pclzip
Install php-pclzip 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-pclzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-pclzip
How To Uninstall php-pclzip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-pclzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-pclzip
Uninstall php-pclzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-pclzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-pclzip
Remove php-pclzip Configurations and Data
To remove php-pclzip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-pclzip
Remove php-pclzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-pclzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-pclzip
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pclzip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
