How To Install php-symfony-polyfill on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill
on Debian 11.
What is php-symfony-polyfill
php-symfony-polyfill is:
The Symfony Polyfill project backports features found in the latest PHP versions and provides compatibility layers for some extensions and functions. It is intended to be used when portability across PHP versions and extensions is desired.
Symfony is a PHP framework, a set of tools and a development methodology.
There are three methods to install php-symfony-polyfill
on Debian 11. 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-symfony-polyfill 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-symfony-polyfill
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-polyfill
Install php-symfony-polyfill Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-polyfill
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-symfony-polyfill
Install php-symfony-polyfill 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-polyfill
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-polyfill
How To Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill on Debian 11
To uninstall only the php-symfony-polyfill
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-polyfill
Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-symfony-polyfill
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-symfony-polyfill
Remove php-symfony-polyfill Configurations and Data
To remove php-symfony-polyfill
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-polyfill
Remove php-symfony-polyfill configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-symfony-polyfill
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-polyfill
Dependencies
php-symfony-polyfill have the following dependencies:
- php-symfony-polyfill-apcu
- php-symfony-polyfill-ctype
- php-symfony-polyfill-php72
- php-symfony-polyfill-php73
- php-symfony-polyfill-php74
- php-symfony-polyfill-php80
- php-symfony-polyfill-php81
- php-symfony-polyfill-iconv
- php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
- php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
- php-symfony-polyfill-intl-messageformatter
- php-symfony-polyfill-intl-idn
- php-symfony-polyfill-intl-normalizer
- php-symfony-polyfill-mbstring
- php-symfony-polyfill-util
- php-symfony-polyfill-uuid
- php-symfony-polyfill-xml
- php-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.