How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "php5.6" package

This tutorial shows how to install php5.6 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 286
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 5.6.40-61+ubuntu18.04.1+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_5.6.40-61+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb
Size: 268384
MD5sum: 3574e9a0c16d28703b4b10b148b162d1
SHA1: 60e3e01558ce7072e58a770dcb137be11dfaa858
SHA256: 35177dcbbd9b5aa25e90f30b7262565b7aa46b2034f16506ba0efc6b7735b6fa
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb