Installing php on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing php on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install php.
Quick installation of php:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: php
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install php
Package Details | |
| Package: | php |
| Version: | 1:7.0+47 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default) 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 7.0). |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | php |
How to install php on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If php is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L php' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L php dpkg-query: package 'php' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing php:
After system update use the following command to install php:
sudo apt-get install php
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove php from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the php from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the php following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove php
Following command is used to remove the php package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove php
This will remove php and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing php with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge php
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove php
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with php package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.