How To Install libphp8.1-embed 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 libphp8.1-embed on Ubuntu.

What is `libphp8.1-embed`

libphp8.1-embed is:

This package provides the library /usr/lib/libphp8.1.so which can be used by application developers to embed PHP scripting functionality.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash json libxml openssl pcntl 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.

WARNING: The embed SAPI is experimental and there’s no guarantee that the API/ABI will be kept compatible even between minor releases. You have been warned.

There are three methods to install libphp8.1-embed 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 libphp8.1-embed Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libphp8.1-embed using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libphp8.1-embed

Install libphp8.1-embed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libphp8.1-embed using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libphp8.1-embed

Install libphp8.1-embed 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 libphp8.1-embed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphp8.1-embed

How To Uninstall libphp8.1-embed on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libphp8.1-embed package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libphp8.1-embed

Uninstall libphp8.1-embed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libphp8.1-embed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphp8.1-embed

Remove libphp8.1-embed Configurations and Data

To remove libphp8.1-embed configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libphp8.1-embed

Remove libphp8.1-embed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libphp8.1-embed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphp8.1-embed

Dependencies

libphp8.1-embed have the following dependencies:

References

libphp8.1-embed website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libphp8.1-embed package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.