How To Install php8.1-cli 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 php8.1-cli on Ubuntu.

What is `php8.1-cli`

php8.1-cli is:

This package provides the /usr/bin/php8.1 command interpreter, useful for testing PHP scripts from a shell or performing general shell scripting tasks.

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.

There are three methods to install php8.1-cli 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 php8.1-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php8.1-cli

Install php8.1-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php8.1-cli

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

sudo aptitude -y install php8.1-cli

How To Uninstall php8.1-cli on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove php8.1-cli

Uninstall php8.1-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php8.1-cli

Remove php8.1-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php8.1-cli

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php8.1-cli

Dependencies

php8.1-cli have the following dependencies:

References

php8.1-cli website

Summary

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