How To Install php7.4-gmp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-gmp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-gmp
php7.4-gmp is:
This package provides the GMP 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-gmp 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: 108 Provides: php-gmp Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgmp10 Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-gmp_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 21012 MD5sum: b34222a2d75a6394cb432fce93dafb22 SHA1: e0e710b42ca15f3f72b0cc10d6008e4bf294bc0b SHA256: 3ee08d26f24322740ce622c2e250bf68c07f4383f53fbce5d8a32cfb1bd86c02 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: GMP module for PHP This package provides the GMP 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-gmp 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-gmp 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-gmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-gmp
Install php7.4-gmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-gmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-gmp
Install php7.4-gmp 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-gmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-gmp
How To Uninstall php7.4-gmp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-gmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-gmp
Uninstall php7.4-gmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-gmp 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-gmp
Remove php7.4-gmp Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-gmp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-gmp
Remove php7.4-gmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-gmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-gmp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-gmp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.