How To Install composer on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install composer
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is composer
composer is:
Composer helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of PHP projects. It ensures you have the right stack everywhere.
It behaves like Bundler (Ruby), npm (Node), etc.
There are three methods to install composer
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 composer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install composer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install composer
Install composer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install composer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install composer
Install composer 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 composer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install composer
How To Uninstall composer on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the composer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove composer
Uninstall composer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall composer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove composer
Remove composer Configurations and Data
To remove composer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge composer
Remove composer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove composer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge composer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install composer
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.