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

What is `php8.1-fpm`

php8.1-fpm is:

This package provides the Fast Process Manager interpreter that runs as a daemon and receives Fast/CGI requests. Note that MOST Apache users probably want the libapache2-mod-php8.1 package.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash json libxml openssl 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-fpm 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-fpm 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-fpm using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install php8.1-fpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php8.1-fpm

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

sudo aptitude -y install php8.1-fpm

How To Uninstall php8.1-fpm on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove php8.1-fpm

Uninstall php8.1-fpm And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove php8.1-fpm Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

php8.1-fpm have the following dependencies:

References

php8.1-fpm website

Summary

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