How To Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu is:
This component provides a collection of functions/classes using the php-symfony-intl package when the Intl extension is not installed, including:
- intl_is_failure()
- intl_get_error_code()
- intl_get_error_message()
- intl_error_name()
- Collator
- NumberFormatter
- Locale
- IntlDateFormatter
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-icu 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-icu 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-icu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu 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-icu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
Install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu 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-icu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
How To Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu 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-icu
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu Configurations and Data
To remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
Remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-intl-icu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
