How To Install php7.4-bcmath on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-bcmath on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-bcmath
php7.4-bcmath is:
This package provides the Bcmath module(s) for PHP.
PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Package: php7.4-bcmath Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/php Source: php7.4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 68 Provides: php-bcmath Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/universe/p/php7.4/php7.4-bcmath_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 15116 MD5sum: 5af87c9cbf15905b87436e0376cde92f SHA1: e602bbb971dc7c617a6a3238451f3f296973895b SHA256: 545c8c7078310cf1a9704acc44e19c0493bd5b999fa070be5f2e35a68d990c3f Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: Bcmath module for PHP This package provides the Bcmath module(s) for PHP.
PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
There are three methods to install php7.4-bcmath on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php7.4-bcmath Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-bcmath using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-bcmath
Install php7.4-bcmath Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-bcmath using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-bcmath
Install php7.4-bcmath 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 php7.4-bcmath using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-bcmath
How To Uninstall php7.4-bcmath on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-bcmath package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-bcmath
Uninstall php7.4-bcmath And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-bcmath and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php7.4-bcmath
Remove php7.4-bcmath Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-bcmath configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-bcmath
Remove php7.4-bcmath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-bcmath configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-bcmath
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-bcmath package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.