How To Install php-dompdf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-dompdf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-dompdf
php-dompdf is:
DOMPDF is a CSS 2.1 compliant HTML to PDF converter. It:
- handles most CSS 2.1 and a few CSS3 properties, including @import, @media & @page rules
- supports most presentational HTML 4.0 attributes
- supports external stylesheets, either local or through HTTP/FTP (via fopen-wrappers)
- supports complex tables, including row and column spans, separate and collapsed border models, individual cell styling
- supports images: GIF, PNG (8-, 24- and 32-bit with alpha channel), BMP, and JPEG
- supports inline PHP
There are three methods to install php-dompdf
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-dompdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-dompdf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-dompdf
Install php-dompdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-dompdf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-dompdf
Install php-dompdf 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 php-dompdf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-dompdf
How To Uninstall php-dompdf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-dompdf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-dompdf
Uninstall php-dompdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-dompdf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-dompdf
Remove php-dompdf Configurations and Data
To remove php-dompdf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-dompdf
Remove php-dompdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-dompdf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-dompdf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-dompdf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.