How To Install phpcpd on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpcpd on Debian 9. phpcpd is copy and paste detector (CPD) for PHP code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpcpd on Debian 9.

What is phpcpd

phpcpd is:

PHPCPD is a tool providing details of duplicated lines inside a PHP project.

There are three methods to install phpcpd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install phpcpd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpcpd

Install phpcpd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpcpd

Install phpcpd 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 phpcpd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpcpd

How To Uninstall phpcpd on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove phpcpd

Uninstall phpcpd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phpcpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpcpd

Remove phpcpd Configurations and Data

To remove phpcpd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpcpd

Remove phpcpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpcpd

Dependencies

phpcpd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpcpd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.