How to Install and Uninstall php7.3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php7.3" package

Please follow the instructions below to install php7.3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php7.3" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall php7.3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php7.3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php7.3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php7.3
Version: 7.3.33-14+0~20230902.114+debian12~1.gbp764b27
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 82
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.3 | php7.3-fpm | php7.3-cgi, php7.3-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.3/php7.3_7.3.33-14+0~20230902.114+debian12~1.gbp764b27_all.deb
Size: 47788
SHA256: a4fd0d3b14ebaee6b35112b1f62cb3650af9a001aa70909871b57f9002e8bc78
SHA1: 1ff67954a9da1005c15941f6a4dd5c610cf497d2
MD5sum: f733ac2c0f0b133e3722ba06a21de274
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