How To Install phpab on Debian 12

Learn how to install phpab on Debian 12 with this tutorial. phpab is lightweight PHP namespace aware autoload generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpab on Debian 12.

What is `phpab`

phpab is:

The PHP AutoloadBuilder CLI tool phpab is a command line application to automate the process of generating an autoload require file with the option of creating static require lists as well as phar archives.

There are three methods to install phpab 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 phpab Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install phpab using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phpab

Install phpab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phpab using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phpab

Install phpab 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 phpab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpab

How To Uninstall phpab on Debian 12

To uninstall only the phpab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phpab

Uninstall phpab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phpab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpab

Remove phpab Configurations and Data

To remove phpab configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpab

Remove phpab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phpab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpab

Dependencies

phpab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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