How To Install php-phpdbg on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpdbg on Kali Linux.

What is php-phpdbg

php-phpdbg is:

This package provides the /usr/bin/phpdbg command interpreter, useful for stepthrough debugging of PHP code.

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 latest stable PHP version (currently 7.4).

There are three methods to install php-phpdbg on Kali Linux. 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-phpdbg 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-phpdbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-phpdbg

Install php-phpdbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-phpdbg

Install php-phpdbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install php-phpdbg

How To Uninstall php-phpdbg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-phpdbg

Uninstall php-phpdbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-phpdbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-phpdbg

Remove php-phpdbg Configurations and Data

To remove php-phpdbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-phpdbg

Remove php-phpdbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-phpdbg

Dependencies

php-phpdbg have the following dependencies:

• php7.4-phpdbg

References

• php-phpdbg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpdbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.