How to Install and Uninstall php7.1 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: October 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.1 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php7.1" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install php7.1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php7.1" package

Learn how to uninstall php7.1 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 php7.1 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php7.1
Version: 7.1.33-56+0~20230904.88+debian12~1.gbp4cb5d3
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.1 | php7.1-fpm | php7.1-cgi, php7.1-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.1/php7.1_7.1.33-56+0~20230904.88+debian12~1.gbp4cb5d3_all.deb
Size: 65568
SHA256: 495c6b08c5cd332dcd164e95028b93acf3a8165e67101982f7db43d8676cb1d6
SHA1: 897fe7c96280f2760d01f2938cf4f94d44938833
MD5sum: e13c05a56b2335d578e538b7c7cbb10f
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