How To Install php-dompdf 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 php-dompdf on Ubuntu.

What is `php-dompdf`

php-dompdf is:

DOMPDF is a CSS 2.1 compliant HTML to PDF converter. It:

handles most CSS 2.1 and a few CSS3 properties, including @import, @media & @page rules
supports most presentational HTML 4.0 attributes
supports external stylesheets, either local or through HTTP/FTP (via fopen-wrappers)
supports complex tables, including row and column spans, separate and collapsed border models, individual cell styling
supports images: GIF, PNG (8-, 24- and 32-bit with alpha channel), BMP, and JPEG
supports inline PHP

There are three methods to install php-dompdf 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 php-dompdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-dompdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-dompdf

Install php-dompdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-dompdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-dompdf

Install php-dompdf 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 php-dompdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-dompdf

How To Uninstall php-dompdf on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the php-dompdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-dompdf

Uninstall php-dompdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-dompdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-dompdf

Remove php-dompdf Configurations and Data

To remove php-dompdf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-dompdf

Remove php-dompdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-dompdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-dompdf

Dependencies

php-dompdf have the following dependencies:

References

php-dompdf website

Summary

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