How To Install php7.4-curl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-curl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-curl
php7.4-curl is:
This package provides the CURL 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-curl Architecture: amd64 Version: 7.4.3-4ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: 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: 132 Provides: php-curl Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl4 (>= 7.56.1) Breaks: php7.0-curl (« 7.0.33-1~) Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-curl_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 30352 MD5sum: adf7cc9fe1e135a745366ed8666119d2 SHA1: 34f3aba43bf511c8b76e2b218d8a567527d3b6f4 SHA256: 89889d47080974f95009077aa16bfd4db5305cb68e9ee780c0e9b53267eed6e1 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: CURL module for PHP This package provides the CURL 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-curl 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-curl 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-curl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-curl
Install php7.4-curl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-curl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-curl
Install php7.4-curl 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-curl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-curl
How To Uninstall php7.4-curl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-curl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-curl
Uninstall php7.4-curl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-curl 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-curl
Remove php7.4-curl Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-curl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-curl
Remove php7.4-curl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-curl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-curl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-curl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.