How To Install debpear on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debpear
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is debpear
debpear is:
With debpear, you can install PEAR packages out of only the name of a PHP PEAR module. Debpear will download, create, and build a Debian package out of the pear package that you selected, and eventually install it in your system.
The goal of debpear isn’t to replace the real work of a Debian maintainer, but rather to allow its users to quickly build and install a PEAR package in a clean, Debian way, when this PEAR package doesn’t exist in Debian yet.
There are three methods to install debpear
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install debpear Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debpear
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debpear
Install debpear Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debpear
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debpear
Install debpear 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 debpear
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debpear
How To Uninstall debpear on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the debpear
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debpear
Uninstall debpear And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debpear
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debpear
Remove debpear Configurations and Data
To remove debpear
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debpear
Remove debpear configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debpear
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debpear
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debpear
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.