How To Install php7.4-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-mysql
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php7.4-mysql
php7.4-mysql is:
This package provides the MySQL 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. Task: lamp-server
Package: php7.4-mysql 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: 463 Provides: php-mysqli, php-mysqlnd, php-pdo-mysql, php7.4-mysqli, php7.4-mysqlnd, php7.4-pdo-mysql Depends: php-common (>= 1:73), ucf, php7.4-common (= 7.4.3-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.15) Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4-mysql_7.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 120900 MD5sum: 0222026a2b54fd7bb45f13ddf55c05d6 SHA1: ad4845e3f282b8077c7a13b6f687d1c2986dd5a4 SHA256: 7a97671ed57e73c0b3e3267c2218e03cca0cfa77d04f6acf4ad8e6985644cfe6 Homepage: http://www.php.net/ Description-en: MySQL module for PHP This package provides the MySQL 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. Task: lamp-server
There are three methods to install php7.4-mysql
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-mysql 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-mysql
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php7.4-mysql
Install php7.4-mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-mysql
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php7.4-mysql
Install php7.4-mysql 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-mysql
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php7.4-mysql
How To Uninstall php7.4-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php7.4-mysql
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php7.4-mysql
Uninstall php7.4-mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-mysql
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-mysql
Remove php7.4-mysql Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-mysql
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php7.4-mysql
Remove php7.4-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-mysql
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php7.4-mysql
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-mysql
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.