How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 30,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php5.6" package

This guide let you learn how to install php5.6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall php5.6 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 php5.6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php5.6
Version: 5.6.40-68+0~20230902.80+debian12~1.gbpa2012b
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 212
Depends: libapache2-mod-php5.6 | php5.6-fpm | php5.6-cgi, php5.6-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6_5.6.40-68+0~20230902.80+debian12~1.gbpa2012b_all.deb
Size: 191052
SHA256: bdae930b94014fb834036d7f1871ffdeb2ccb52c97555a7f9c3774e0cb40e58d
SHA1: cdd1e804d4abbdaefc357cb0f94f288af77994c2
MD5sum: c3aeb6cfb4f86e3dd825fc292d4354b6
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
This package is a metapackage that, when installed, guarantees that you
have at least one of the four server-side versions of the PHP interpreter
installed. Removing this package won't remove PHP from your system, however
it may remove other packages that depend on this one.
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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.
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb