How To Install php-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-sqlite3
php-sqlite3 is:
This package provides a SQLite3 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-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-sqlite3
Install php-sqlite3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-sqlite3
Install php-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-sqlite3
How To Uninstall php-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-sqlite3
Uninstall php-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-sqlite3
Remove php-sqlite3 Configurations and Data
To remove php-sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-sqlite3
Remove php-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-sqlite3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-sqlite3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
