How to Install and Uninstall php Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install php on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall php on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 php package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php
Source: php-defaults (94+0~20240205.51+debian12~1.gbp6faa2e)
Version: 2:8.3+94+0~20240205.51+debian12~1.gbp6faa2e
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 10
Depends: php8.3
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php-defaults/php_8.3+94+0~20240205.51+debian12~1.gbp6faa2e_all.deb
Size: 3836
SHA256: 092728b4eb9d490e801e15c3bff5e1f7d83e5d800a81d43efae3cc626b62cd12
SHA1: 12e3010dea85abe2d1ec71d859b0b77500b98d0b
MD5sum: e5b39a7665e9962522f9ea793cc8bcde
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default)
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.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on latest stable
PHP version (currently 8.3).
Description-md5: 6d8fde392c2734b12a80e464fda054b4

Package: php
Source: php-defaults (93)
Version: 2:8.2+93
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: php8.2
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default)
Description-md5: cf6b9bc7f5941aa2220d6d220e85135c
Section: php
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/php-defaults/php_8.2+93_all.deb
Size: 3628
MD5sum: f44a171e582055f5fdb390c88a77065a
SHA256: bed3564e74fbddb87d80c56f2b9b6f6be35b6519a80f1819257b2e3cdeb56057