How To Install pkg-php-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install pkg-php-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pkg-php-tools is various packaging tools and scripts for PHP packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-php-tools on Debian 10.

What is pkg-php-tools

pkg-php-tools is:

Provide an easy way to package PHP PEAR, PECL and Composer packages: Run dh_make, edit debian/rules and debian/control and that’s it!

Detailed instructions can be found in included READMEs.

There are three methods to install pkg-php-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pkg-php-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-php-tools

Install pkg-php-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-php-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pkg-php-tools

Install pkg-php-tools 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 pkg-php-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-php-tools

How To Uninstall pkg-php-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pkg-php-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-php-tools

Uninstall pkg-php-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pkg-php-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-php-tools

Remove pkg-php-tools Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-php-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-php-tools

Remove pkg-php-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pkg-php-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-php-tools

Dependencies

pkg-php-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-php-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.