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

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the php5.6-readline 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-readline" package

Please follow the instructions below to install php5.6-readline on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-readline" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall php5.6-readline on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6-readline package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php5.6-readline
Source: php5.6
Version: 5.6.40-68+0~20230902.80+debian12~1.gbpa2012b
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-68+0~20230902.80+debian12~1.gbpa2012b), libc6 (>= 2.34), libedit2 (>= 3.1-20130611-0)
Provides: php-readline
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-readline_5.6.40-68+0~20230902.80+debian12~1.gbpa2012b_amd64.deb
Size: 13088
SHA256: aa516a077371e8e13dbe6260111d6b8e6c8177ad898fb23dc21bb6d2b2803069
SHA1: 12001131b00edade818ea366764042eb7defc6ab
MD5sum: add683d9babfafa5c18b0887d6d15cde
Description: readline module for PHP
This package provides the readline module(s) for PHP.
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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: e79602c7d6a0ebe56dc4c3a28ee1dab8