How To Install php-text-languagedetect on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-text-languagedetect on Ubuntu 18.04. php-text-languagedetect is Language detection class

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-text-languagedetect on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-text-languagedetect

php-text-languagedetect is:

Text_LanguageDetect can identify 52 human languages from text samples and return confidence scores for each.

There are three methods to install php-text-languagedetect 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-text-languagedetect 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-text-languagedetect using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-text-languagedetect

Install php-text-languagedetect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-text-languagedetect using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-text-languagedetect

Install php-text-languagedetect 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-text-languagedetect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-text-languagedetect

How To Uninstall php-text-languagedetect on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the php-text-languagedetect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-text-languagedetect

Uninstall php-text-languagedetect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-text-languagedetect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-text-languagedetect

Remove php-text-languagedetect Configurations and Data

To remove php-text-languagedetect configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-text-languagedetect

Remove php-text-languagedetect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-text-languagedetect

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Summary

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