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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "php5.6-cgi" package

This tutorial shows how to install php5.6-cgi on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php5.6-cgi

2. Uninstall "php5.6-cgi" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall php5.6-cgi on Debian 11 (Bullseye):

$ sudo apt remove php5.6-cgi $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php5.6-cgi package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: php5.6-cgi
Source: php5.6
Version: 5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian11~1.gbp1f7ffd
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 8641
Depends: libmagic1, libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41), mime-support, php5.6-cli, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian11~1.gbp1f7ffd), php5.6-json, php5.6-opcache, tzdata, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.29), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: php-pear
Provides: php-cgi, phpapi-20131226
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-cgi_5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian11~1.gbp1f7ffd_amd64.deb
Size: 1250492
SHA256: 58b6ade1d7b9aa1aa01e0d40a1ce82c73f1c38d5e06506c15ca47bc7953436d5
SHA1: 13abdfbd65b0dd9755caaee20d64854da9ec274b
MD5sum: e1681177ed7b0ec4bae89c3f73419a09
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)
This package provides the /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php CGI interpreter built
for use in Apache 2 with mod_actions, or any other CGI httpd that
supports a similar mechanism. Note that MOST users probably
want the php5.6-fpm package.
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The following extensions are built in: Core date ereg filter hash libxml
mhash openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session SPL standard zlib.
.
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: 74eaac09247c135fe5e0a15798645044