How To Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme is:
This component provides a partial, native PHP implementation of the Grapheme functions from the Intl extension.
- grapheme_extract: Extract a sequence of grapheme clusters from a text buffer, which must be encoded in UTF-8
- grapheme_stripos: Find position (in grapheme units) of first occurrence of a case-insensitive string
- grapheme_stristr: Returns part of haystack string from the first occurrence of case-insensitive needle to the end of haystack
- grapheme_strlen: Get string length in grapheme units
- grapheme_strpos: Find position (in grapheme units) of first occurrence of a string
- grapheme_strripos: Find position (in grapheme units) of last occurrence of a case-insensitive string
- grapheme_strrpos: Find position (in grapheme units) of last occurrence of a string
- grapheme_strstr: Returns part of haystack string from the first occurrence of needle to the end of haystack
- grapheme_substr: Return part of a string
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-intl-grapheme 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-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme 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-intl-grapheme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme 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-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
How To Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme Configurations and Data
To remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
