How to Install and Uninstall php5.6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "php5.6" package

This is a short guide on how to install php5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall php5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                php5.6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php5.6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 285
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php
Depends: libapache2-mod-php5.6 | php5.6-fpm | php5.6-cgi, php5.6-common
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb
Size: 267316
MD5sum: 3ab48f998e8ccf3d22c4d668a4e07b60
SHA1: a0445fe575029a4d5a16e223d72416d44a16017f
SHA256: f0ace62e0441f9a6c0b82a68bb490d856d321339c504675a91a6dbcf783886a7
Description-en: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
This package is a metapackage that, when installed, guarantees that you
have at least one of the four server-side versions of the PHP interpreter
installed. Removing this package won't remove PHP from your system, however
it may remove other packages that depend on this one.
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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: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb