How to Install and Uninstall php-sodium Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "php-sodium" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install php-sodium on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php-sodium
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php-sodium" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall php-sodium on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php-sodium
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php-sodium package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: php-sodium
Version: 2.0.23-7+0~20211118.14+debian10~1.gbp3e6fa2
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Installed-Size: 10
Depends: php7.1-sodium
Homepage: http://pecl.php.net/package/libsodium
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php-sodium/php-sodium_2.0.23-7+0~20211118.14+debian10~1.gbp3e6fa2_amd64.deb
Size: 3240
SHA256: f6e11bf0006dfe50309e9e8a59bcddfa0c93f586cb99927d123981190c87e88e
SHA1: 1e91842d80b757afbb791ed610a81d3c3e9710b2
MD5sum: 72b80d7eb0d5b5151e867712461fefa6
Description: PHP wrapper for the Sodium cryptographic library
A simple, low-level PHP extension for sodium.
Description-md5: 67702d04fb72dfce1cdf12ceb5ccd473