How To Install php8.2-xmlrpc on Debian 12

Learn how to install php8.2-xmlrpc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. php8.2-xmlrpc is XML-RPC servers and clients functions for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php8.2-xmlrpc on Debian 12.

What is php8.2-xmlrpc

php8.2-xmlrpc is:

These functions can be used to write XML-RPC servers and clients. You can find more information about XML-RPC at http://www.xmlrpc.com/, and more documentation on this extension and its functions at http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/.

The extension is unbundled from php-src as of PHP 8.0.0, because the underlying libxmlrpc has obviously been abandoned. It is recommended to reevaluate using this extension.

There are three methods to install php8.2-xmlrpc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php8.2-xmlrpc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php8.2-xmlrpc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php8.2-xmlrpc

Install php8.2-xmlrpc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php8.2-xmlrpc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php8.2-xmlrpc

Install php8.2-xmlrpc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install php8.2-xmlrpc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php8.2-xmlrpc

How To Uninstall php8.2-xmlrpc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the php8.2-xmlrpc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php8.2-xmlrpc

Uninstall php8.2-xmlrpc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php8.2-xmlrpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php8.2-xmlrpc

Remove php8.2-xmlrpc Configurations and Data

To remove php8.2-xmlrpc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php8.2-xmlrpc

Remove php8.2-xmlrpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php8.2-xmlrpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php8.2-xmlrpc

Dependencies

php8.2-xmlrpc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php8.2-xmlrpc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.