How To Install libapache2-mod-php8.1 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-php8.1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libapache2-mod-php8.1`

libapache2-mod-php8.1 is:

This package provides the PHP module for the Apache 2 webserver (as found in the apache2-mpm-prefork package). Please note that this package ONLY works with Apache’s prefork MPM, as it is not compiled thread-safe.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash json libxml openssl pcre Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.

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.

There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-php8.1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libapache2-mod-php8.1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-php8.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-php8.1

Install libapache2-mod-php8.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-php8.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-php8.1

Install libapache2-mod-php8.1 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 libapache2-mod-php8.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-php8.1

How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-php8.1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-php8.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-php8.1

Uninstall libapache2-mod-php8.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache2-mod-php8.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-php8.1

Remove libapache2-mod-php8.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libapache2-mod-php8.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-php8.1

Remove libapache2-mod-php8.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-php8.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-php8.1

Dependencies

libapache2-mod-php8.1 have the following dependencies:

References

libapache2-mod-php8.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-php8.1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.