How to Install and Uninstall php7.3 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "php7.3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install php7.3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php7.3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php7.3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall php7.3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php7.3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php7.3 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: php7.3
Version: 7.3.33-4+0~20220627.98+debian11~1.gbp40b3e4
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.3 | php7.3-fpm | php7.3-cgi, php7.3-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.3/php7.3_7.3.33-4+0~20220627.98+debian11~1.gbp40b3e4_all.deb
Size: 49072
SHA256: 48c2b43f981e47050cb3795c8efa5de4d2bc191a45bf6d2a2e28877d1c48076a
SHA1: 7718be91053893bee104a342dd377faccd9db224
MD5sum: 15f33e1931cf3b8bbc49df294f56da2d
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