How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php5.6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "php5.6" package

This guide let you learn how to install php5.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall php5.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php5.6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 287
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 5.6.40-68+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php
Depends: libapache2-mod-php5.6 | php5.6-fpm | php5.6-cgi, php5.6-common
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6_5.6.40-68+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb
Size: 268332
MD5sum: 0c7633d4d75566f72c8a51186e9f6f80
SHA1: 6d9954d971ae7dc219bd9a83176e967787f6d209
SHA256: 99cf78a4e8066676a9075a8ab860bb31b456fb3d84653252edf4ac631ded6d10
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb