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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "php-vips" package

This tutorial shows how to install php-vips on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php-vips

2. Uninstall "php-vips" package

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

$ sudo apt remove php-vips $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php-vips package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php-vips
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.12-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: php8.0-vips
Pre-Depends: php-common (>= 2:69~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-vips/php-vips_1.0.12-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 2032
MD5sum: fc6a1bc8d6731c4d53a22507cb2f23fa
SHA1: 3695e525094cd8c45607e505b954562503442037
SHA256: b3ab1bca43baf640f730fdfe8ca242ad08700b916d44573d9a946ab8e6160430
Description-en: PHP extension for interfacing with libvips
This extension uses libvips to provide image processing facilities.
Description-md5: 783de8b9a4d6aced227df9beac684c4f