How To Install php-services-weather on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-services-weather on Ubuntu 18.04. php-services-weather is This class acts as an interface to various online weather-services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-services-weather on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-services-weather

php-services-weather is:

Services_Weather searches for given locations and retrieves current weather data and, dependent on the used service, also forecasts. Up to now, GlobalWeather from CapeScience, Weather XML from EJSE (US only), a XOAP service from Weather.com and METAR/TAF from NOAA are supported. Further services will get included, if they become available, have a usable API and are properly documented.

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-services-weather

Install php-services-weather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-services-weather

Install php-services-weather 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-services-weather using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-services-weather

How To Uninstall php-services-weather on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-services-weather

Uninstall php-services-weather And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-services-weather

Remove php-services-weather Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-services-weather

Remove php-services-weather configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-services-weather

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Summary

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