How to Install and Uninstall php7.4 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.4 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 "php7.4" package

Please follow the guidance below to install php7.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php7.4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall php7.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php7.4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php7.4 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: php7.4
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 1:7.4.33-8+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php
Depends: libapache2-mod-php7.4 | php7.4-fpm | php7.4-cgi, php7.4-common
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.4/php7.4_7.4.33-8+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb
Size: 51920
MD5sum: 1ed923aed08caaa7ca40ba8866f395ef
SHA1: dc0635cc9ebadbf0a08505c911e0ce64a30bc23a
SHA256: 6cd768e51aeedf7009fd598623916965b52a57c7b9bfcd828e5f4e76fd69004d
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb