How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-cli Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "php5.6-cli" package

Please follow the guidance below to install php5.6-cli on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall php5.6-cli on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php5.6-cli
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6-cli package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: php5.6-cli
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 4420
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-57+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1
Suggests: php-pear
Provides: php-cli, phpapi-20131226
Depends: libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-4), libmagic1, libpcre3 (>= 2:8.35), mime-support, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-57+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1), php5.6-json, php5.6-opcache, php5.6-readline, tzdata, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-cli_5.6.40-57+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 1412254
MD5sum: 58d802e6673a70068b668dde3b263701
SHA1: 6aa40e6926ef95cbbe5918a07b8562176ca553b8
SHA256: f84b54c8e66a52cf8569a4948e12bed2d6e28bd74e161b9c1a54512c9ecdc6f9
Description-en: command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language
This package provides the /usr/bin/php5.6 command interpreter, useful for
testing PHP scripts from a shell or performing general shell scripting tasks.
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The following extensions are built in: Core date ereg filter hash libxml
mhash openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session SPL standard zlib.
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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: b39d6910cc77bfaab56bc9894172c543