How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-mbstring Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mbstring" package

This tutorial shows how to install php5.6-mbstring on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-mbstring" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall php5.6-mbstring on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6-mbstring package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: php5.6-mbstring
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 1463
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-mbstring
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mbstring_5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 466652
MD5sum: e6416182bbe2ad526955f42992b36f9d
SHA1: f61a8c99a2ae50bcccb901bc697e601c0c417cb6
SHA256: ebbeed517ccde69ce515173357af049ffdf1293bd4333d9449db000ae709b612
Description: MBSTRING module for PHP
Description-md5: 741a0b4b31628c18e80bdef4f0ec8141