How to Install and Uninstall composer Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "composer" package

This is a short guide on how to install composer on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "composer" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall composer on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the composer package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: composer
Architecture: all
Version: 2.5.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/php
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP PEAR Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2681
Depends: php-cli, php-common, php-composer-ca-bundle (>= 1.0), php-composer-ca-bundle (<< 2~~), php-composer-class-map-generator (>= 1.0), php-composer-class-map-generator (<< 2~~), php-composer-metadata-minifier (>= 1.0), php-composer-metadata-minifier (<< 2~~), php-composer-semver (>= 3.0), php-composer-semver (<< 4~~), php-composer-spdx-licenses (>= 1.5.7), php-composer-spdx-licenses (<< 2~~), php-composer-xdebug-handler (>> 2.0.2), php-json-schema (>= 5.2.11), php-json-schema (<< 6~~), php-psr-log, jsonlint (>= 1.4), jsonlint (<< 2~~), php-symfony-console (>> 5.4.11), php-symfony-filesystem (>> 5.4), php-symfony-finder (>> 5.4), php-symfony-process (>> 5.4), php-react-promise (>= 2.8), php-react-promise (<< 3~~), php-composer-pcre (>> 2.1), php-seld-signal-handler (>= 2.0), php-seld-signal-handler (<< 3~~)
Recommends: git, unzip
Suggests: fossil, mercurial, subversion, php-zip
Filename: pool/universe/c/composer/composer_2.5.8-1_all.deb
Size: 459780
MD5sum: 1d0e6e45484c6f6568c28d2d75ed73f7
SHA1: 27bf0d1622a14b63abd4e1be1409bf225b22cd79
SHA256: a3eabfdb99afccf4615596f02d02e72d27fe7e086b8c3e1c213c2aa5d0dde224
SHA512: 4f26d034cae3296664415aacbcd7f64f2745d80ebb4591bee8a24ca0195c044e7596d36d39484e53440d367589113dc7d756746bdf7d2d9d9cd75fd41cb928a6
Homepage: https://getcomposer.org/
Description: dependency manager for PHP
Description-md5: e03f8a4cfea1bad44f653aea93886b7d