How to Install and Uninstall php-sodium Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 19,2025

You can also install and uninstall the php-sodium on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "php-sodium" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install php-sodium on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php-sodium" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall php-sodium on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 php-sodium package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: php-sodium
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.23-9+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: php7.1-sodium
Filename: pool/main/p/php-sodium/php-sodium_2.0.23-9+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 3180
MD5sum: 339823422d0555c7f2f26152e0d45b6f
SHA1: 4ba0fa059680639393151cf7398086da30e28a25
SHA256: cb645d246247488d52a97b81244c073ecc7aa522f714b52c9f592ae6da1b8dee
Description: PHP wrapper for the Sodium cryptographic library
Description-md5: 67702d04fb72dfce1cdf12ceb5ccd473