How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-dev Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "php5.6-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install php5.6-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall php5.6-dev on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php5.6-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6-dev package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: php5.6-dev
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 3664
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-61+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Recommends: pkg-php-tools
Suggests: dh-php
Depends: autoconf (>= 2.63), automake (>= 1.11), libpcre3-dev (>= 2:8.35), libssl-dev, php5.6-cli (>= 5.6.40-61+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-61+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), pkg-config, shtool, libtool (>= 2.4.6-0.1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-dev_5.6.40-61+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 355324
MD5sum: 657be44b38e3659785923ad5a3b39d6d
SHA1: cd9e483751cb9375d4bb9214a0d59ca9008aab42
SHA256: 6695619b24629f0acc84147e49ccc9604d9f6bca15294e67d65ad77cc0be75e1
Description: Files for PHP5.6 module development
Description-md5: 7178a37f7b69ddde1be5da8419898483