How To Install composer on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install composer on Ubuntu 22.04. composer is dependency manager for PHP

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

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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.