How to Install and Uninstall php7.2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php7.2" package

This tutorial shows how to install php7.2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall php7.2 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 php7.2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php7.2
Version: 7.2.34-43+0~20230902.90+debian12~1.gbpc2a431
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.2 | php7.2-fpm | php7.2-cgi, php7.2-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.2/php7.2_7.2.34-43+0~20230902.90+debian12~1.gbpc2a431_all.deb
Size: 56452
SHA256: 571763306030ed08a0e56ac26e09e1d5dd0198edf6c2f995de71c61a1c25fcfb
SHA1: 60525e24b3f40255cdc38398b26321b7048e1697
MD5sum: 68be43cf87c1a5dca54682157f5a38ae
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