How to Install and Uninstall php-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "php-common" package

This guide let you learn how to install php-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall php-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php-common
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 87
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: foreign
Source: php-defaults (82+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1)
Version: 2:82+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: psmisc (>= 22.15-1~), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Breaks: php-amqp (<< 1.7.0~alpha2-4~), php-apcu (<< 5.1.3+4.0.10-2~), php-apcu-bc (<< 1.0.3-2~), php-ast (<< 0.1.1-2~), php-geoip (<< 1.1.0-4~), php-gmagick (<< 2.0.1~rc3+1.1.7~rc3-2~), php-igbinary (<< 1.2.1-10-ge0e66b9+1.2.1-2~), php-imagick (<< 3.4.0~rc6-2~), php-memcache (<< 3.0.9~20151130.fdbd46b-2~), php-memcached (<< 2.2.0-95-g6ace07d+2.2.0-2~), php-mongodb (<< 1.1.2-3~), php-msgpack (<< 2.0.0+0.5.7-2~), php-radius (<< 1.4.0~b1-2~), php-redis (<< 2.2.7-355-g799e0bc+2.2.7-4~), php-rrd (<< 2.0.0+1.1.3-4~), php-smbclient (<< 0.8.0~rc1-2~), php-ssh2 (<< 0.12-39-g3dfe336+0.12-2~), php-uploadprogress (<< 1.0.3.1-4-g95d8a0f-2~), php-uuid (<< 1.0.4-2~), php-xdebug (<< 2.4.0~rc4-2~), php-zmq (<< 1.1.3-3~), php5.6-common (<< 5.6.18+dfsg-10~), php5.6-json (<< 1.3.9-2~), php7.0-common (<< 7.0.3-11~)
Conffiles:
/etc/apt/preferences.d/php-common.pref 6a1fcaeae7aaacf3bd9b9d2cc396b010
/etc/cron.d/php e6fa2d74078ac0ac6fd730decf3b3736
Description-en: Common files for PHP packages
This package contains common utilities shared among all packaged PHP
versions.
.
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: d3dbac8bcc4b5fda4235137f8b9f3ade

Package: php-common
Architecture: all
Version: 1:35ubuntu6.1
Priority: optional
Section: php
Source: php-defaults (35ubuntu6.1)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: psmisc (>= 22.15-1~), sed (>= 4.1.1-1)
Breaks: php-amqp (<< 1.7.0~alpha2-3~), php-apcu (<< 5.1.3+4.0.10-1~), php-apcu-bc (<< 1.0.3-2~), php-ast (<< 0.1.1-1~), php-geoip (<< 1.1.0-4~), php-gmagick (<< 2.0.1~rc3+1.1.7~rc3-2~), php-igbinary (<< 1.2.1-10-ge0e66b9+1.2.1-2~), php-imagick (<< 3.4.0~rc6-1~), php-memcache (<< 3.0.9~20151130.fdbd46b-2~), php-memcached (<< 2.2.0-51-ge573a6e+2.2.0-2build1), php-mongodb (<< 1.1.2-2~), php-msgpack (<< 2.0.0+0.5.7-2~), php-radius (<< 1.4.0~b1-0ubuntu1~), php-redis (<< 2.2.7-355-g799e0bc+2.2.7-4~), php-rrd (<< 2.0.0+1.1.3-3~), php-smbclient (<< 0.8.0~rc1-2~), php-ssh2 (<< 0.12-39-g3dfe336+0.12-1~), php-uploadprogress (<< 1.0.3.1-4-g95d8a0f-2~), php-uuid (<< 1.0.4-1~), php-xdebug (<< 2.4.0~rc4-1~), php-zmq (<< 1.1.3-2~), php5.6-common (<< 5.6.18+dfsg-10~), php5.6-json (<< 1.3.9-2~), php7.0-common (<< 7.0.3-11~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-defaults/php-common_35ubuntu6.1_all.deb
Size: 10836
MD5sum: a02ab5cfe2e920431f081e293db45118
SHA1: 650c1fb46fa3eea4b817c5c68d501e9ca08b514b
SHA256: f0398517e11d06cd8b40384949fd9456c6af3937c07fda0e462d8e8dc3e0e176
SHA512: e8e1a0314e23f4060b1e53faa521fad100b2991bbb32f4829c3394613092e63a99280b0454a825a6d4ecfab4d5cc6afd339dfa189c61a3f187758357f9d90bca
Description-en: Common files for PHP packages
This package contains common utilities shared among all packaged PHP
versions.
.
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: d3dbac8bcc4b5fda4235137f8b9f3ade
Task: lamp-server, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master
Supported: 5y

Package: php-common
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: php-defaults (35ubuntu6)
Version: 1:35ubuntu6
Depends: psmisc (>= 22.15-1~), sed (>= 4.1.1-1)
Breaks: php-amqp (<< 1.7.0~alpha2-3~), php-apcu (<< 5.1.3+4.0.10-1~), php-apcu-bc (<< 1.0.3-2~), php-ast (<< 0.1.1-1~), php-geoip (<< 1.1.0-4~), php-gmagick (<< 2.0.1~rc3+1.1.7~rc3-2~), php-igbinary (<< 1.2.1-10-ge0e66b9+1.2.1-2~), php-imagick (<< 3.4.0~rc6-1~), php-memcache (<< 3.0.9~20151130.fdbd46b-2~), php-memcached (<< 2.2.0-51-ge573a6e+2.2.0-2build1), php-mongodb (<< 1.1.2-2~), php-msgpack (<< 2.0.0+0.5.7-2~), php-radius (<< 1.4.0~b1-0ubuntu1~), php-redis (<< 2.2.7-355-g799e0bc+2.2.7-4~), php-rrd (<< 2.0.0+1.1.3-3~), php-smbclient (<< 0.8.0~rc1-2~), php-ssh2 (<< 0.12-39-g3dfe336+0.12-1~), php-uploadprogress (<< 1.0.3.1-4-g95d8a0f-2~), php-uuid (<< 1.0.4-1~), php-xdebug (<< 2.4.0~rc4-1~), php-zmq (<< 1.1.3-2~), php5.6-common (<< 5.6.18+dfsg-10~), php5.6-json (<< 1.3.9-2~), php7.0-common (<< 7.0.3-11~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-defaults/php-common_35ubuntu6_all.deb
Size: 10774
MD5sum: eecfa9281d44df8df2d088f42ca729e3
SHA1: a6e807eff96de30f546318e88b95d67285771dd8
SHA256: cf7d6ecb060d7d8ebb67e1203af0201b12b805e95244328fa98a84eee4dd8a0d
Description-en: Common files for PHP packages
This package contains common utilities shared among all packaged PHP
versions.
.
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: d3dbac8bcc4b5fda4235137f8b9f3ade
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: lamp-server, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master