How to install all required PHP extensions for Laravel?
Laravel Server Requirements mention that BCMath, Ctype, JSON, Mbstring, OpenSSL, PDO, Tokenizer, and XML extensions are required. Most of the extensions are installed and enabled by default.
You can run the following command in Ubuntu to make sure the extensions are installed.
sudo apt install openssl php-common php-curl php-json php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml php-zipPHP version specific installation (if PHP 7.4 installed)
sudo apt install php7.4-common php7.4-bcmath openssl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstringYou may need other PHP extensions for your composer packages. Find from links below.
PHP extensions for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
PHP extensions for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic)
PHP extensions for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)