How to Install and Uninstall php8.3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php8.3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php8.3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install php8.3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php8.3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php8.3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall php8.3 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 php8.3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php8.3
Version: 8.3.3-1+0~20240216.17+debian12~1.gbp87e37b
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: libapache2-mod-php8.3 | php8.3-fpm | php8.3-cgi, php8.3-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php8.3/php8.3_8.3.3-1+0~20240216.17+debian12~1.gbp87e37b_all.deb
Size: 25036
SHA256: 29c9910fae299d6879ef2b2b36de55901cf11b1d588e14d08215b610472e0a57
SHA1: 2d22d2ba1fd4e7452108de6c46696499abe0d204
MD5sum: 02cc47078ff7e689f0dc95339ce89992
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