How To Install dh-php on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-php on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dh-php
dh-php is:
dh-php provides a debhelper sequence add-on named ‘php’ and the dh_php command.
The dh_php command adds the appropriate code to the postinst, prerm and postrm maint scripts to properly enable/disable PHP PECL extensions for all available PHP SAPIs.
There are three methods to install dh-php on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dh-php Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-php using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-php
Install dh-php Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-php using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-php
Install dh-php 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 dh-php using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-php
How To Uninstall dh-php on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dh-php package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-php
Uninstall dh-php And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-php and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-php
Remove dh-php Configurations and Data
To remove dh-php configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-php
Remove dh-php configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-php configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-php
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-php package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
