How to Install and Uninstall php8.0 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php8.0 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php8.0" package

Please follow the steps below to install php8.0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php8.0
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "php8.0" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall php8.0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php8.0
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the php8.0 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php8.0
Version: 1:8.0.30-2+0~20230904.59+debian12~1.gbp806e95
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 67
Depends: libapache2-mod-php8.0 | php8.0-fpm | php8.0-cgi, php8.0-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php8.0/php8.0_8.0.30-2+0~20230904.59+debian12~1.gbp806e95_all.deb
Size: 33344
SHA256: 591f1f9f61d96136196da65f14e593a83e5aa44a0e3177bd8a099649e95d220d
SHA1: 53266ad7f245356cb68bc47335df04f20ab0183f
MD5sum: c21dd3d47bb09cb01a73d016c9983336
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.
.
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