How to Install and Uninstall php7.0 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.0 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php7.0" package

Please follow the guidance below to install php7.0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php7.0
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php7.0" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall php7.0 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 php7.0 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php7.0
Version: 7.0.33-68+0~20230905.83+debian12~1.gbp571a08
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 76
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.0 | php7.0-fpm | php7.0-cgi, php7.0-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.0/php7.0_7.0.33-68+0~20230905.83+debian12~1.gbp571a08_all.deb
Size: 51712
SHA256: da1992a70f76d2165b133928366fccae43017095a69f581bd19580736ae4f802
SHA1: e16d90b3da9be78110eda83dc4e7257a97669b15
MD5sum: 635fea4c4bb5984a7c8e33ba47791ead
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