How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "php5.6" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install php5.6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php5.6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php5.6" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall php5.6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php5.6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: php5.6
Version: 5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian11~1.gbp1f7ffd
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 286
Depends: libapache2-mod-php5.6 | php5.6-fpm | php5.6-cgi, php5.6-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6_5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian11~1.gbp1f7ffd_all.deb
Size: 268408
SHA256: dec20729a92b91ae3fb0841c06522760ef181bf43dc12c4f243ab6f888895b19
SHA1: 4265e99570caa682b19a9d4578fe6b23fddaac8e
MD5sum: f5218db33c47d10351e37a0dbd94a3b8
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