How To Install php-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-zip on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-zip
php-zip is:
This package provides a Zip module for PHP.
PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default PHP version (currently 7.4).
There are three methods to install php-zip 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-zip 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-zip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-zip
Install php-zip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-zip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-zip
Install php-zip 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-zip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-zip
How To Uninstall php-zip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-zip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-zip
Uninstall php-zip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-zip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-zip
Remove php-zip Configurations and Data
To remove php-zip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-zip
Remove php-zip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-zip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-zip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-zip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
