How To Install php-symfony-security-guard on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-security-guard on Ubuntu 18.04. php-symfony-security-guard is infrastructure for authorization systems - Guard features

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-security-guard on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-symfony-security-guard

php-symfony-security-guard is:

The Symfony Security Component - Guard brings many layers of authentication together, making it much easier to create complex authentication systems where you have total control.

The Security Component makes it possible to easily separate authorization logic from user providers that hold the users credentials. It ships with facilities for authenticating using HTTP basic or digest authentication, interactive form login or X.509 certificate login. Furthermore it optionally also allows an application to implement its own authentication strategies.

Symfony is a PHP framework, a set of tools and a development methodology.

There are three methods to install php-symfony-security-guard 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-security-guard 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-security-guard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-security-guard

Install php-symfony-security-guard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-security-guard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-symfony-security-guard

Install php-symfony-security-guard 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-security-guard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-security-guard

How To Uninstall php-symfony-security-guard on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the php-symfony-security-guard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-security-guard

Uninstall php-symfony-security-guard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-symfony-security-guard 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-security-guard

Remove php-symfony-security-guard Configurations and Data

To remove php-symfony-security-guard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-security-guard

Remove php-symfony-security-guard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-security-guard

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Summary

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