How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "php5.6" package

Please follow the guidance below to install php5.6 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall php5.6 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 287
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 5.6.40-68+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php
Depends: libapache2-mod-php5.6 | php5.6-fpm | php5.6-cgi, php5.6-common
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6_5.6.40-68+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb
Size: 268332
MD5sum: 0c7633d4d75566f72c8a51186e9f6f80
SHA1: 6d9954d971ae7dc219bd9a83176e967787f6d209
SHA256: 99cf78a4e8066676a9075a8ab860bb31b456fb3d84653252edf4ac631ded6d10
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb