How To Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80 on Ubuntu.

What is php-symfony-polyfill-php80

php-symfony-polyfill-php80 is:

This component provides features added to PHP 8.0 core:

• Stringable interface
• fdiv
• ValueError class
• UnhandledMatchError class
• FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL constant
• get_debug_type
• preg_last_error_msg
• str_contains
• str_starts_with
• str_ends_with
• get_resource_id
• Attribute class

The Symfony Polyfill project backports features found in the latest PHP versions and provides compatibility layers for some extensions and functions. It is intended to be used when portability across PHP versions and extensions is desired.

Symfony is a PHP framework, a set of tools and a development methodology.

There are three methods to install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 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-symfony-polyfill-php80 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-symfony-polyfill-php80

How To Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the php-symfony-polyfill-php80 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-symfony-polyfill-php80 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 Configurations and Data

To remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-symfony-polyfill-php80 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-symfony-polyfill-php80

Dependencies

php-symfony-polyfill-php80 have the following dependencies:

• php-common

References

• php-symfony-polyfill-php80 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-symfony-polyfill-php80 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.