How To Install php-tokenizer on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-tokenizer on Ubuntu 20.04. php-tokenizer is tokenized PHP source to XML converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-tokenizer on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is php-tokenizer

php-tokenizer is:

A small library for converting tokenized PHP source code into XML and potentially other formats.

There are three methods to install php-tokenizer 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-tokenizer 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-tokenizer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-tokenizer

Install php-tokenizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-tokenizer

Install php-tokenizer 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-tokenizer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-tokenizer

How To Uninstall php-tokenizer on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove php-tokenizer

Uninstall php-tokenizer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-tokenizer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-tokenizer

Remove php-tokenizer Configurations and Data

To remove php-tokenizer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-tokenizer

Remove php-tokenizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-tokenizer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-tokenizer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.