How To Install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock 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-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock on Ubuntu.

What is `php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock`

php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock is:

The ReflectionDocBlock component of phpDocumentor provides a DocBlock parser that is 100% compatible with the PHPDoc standard.

With this component, a library can provide support for annotations via DocBlocks or otherwise retrieve information that is embedded in a DocBlock.

phpDocumentor makes it possible to generate documentation from PHP source code.

There are three methods to install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock 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-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock 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-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock 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-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

How To Uninstall php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Uninstall php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Remove php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Remove php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock

Dependencies

php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock have the following dependencies:

References

php-phpdocumentor-reflection-docblock website

Summary

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