How to Install and Uninstall php7.4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 30,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php7.4" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install php7.4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php7.4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php7.4" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall php7.4 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 php7.4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php7.4
Version: 1:7.4.33-8+0~20230904.88+debian12~1.gbp87c414
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.4 | php7.4-fpm | php7.4-cgi, php7.4-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4_7.4.33-8+0~20230904.88+debian12~1.gbp87c414_all.deb
Size: 49084
SHA256: 119cfd2c8f84fede5ffdebec67c22337bd8b38324b6c73e62b62c96bfe3a3b57
SHA1: 1015ab19ae01db9f6f356cacdb7b28b6c022d77c
MD5sum: c63d6965bf67cd3f539ef81d430ab84b
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