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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "php5.6-cgi" package

Please follow the guidance below to install php5.6-cgi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall php5.6-cgi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 php5.6-cgi package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php5.6-cgi
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 8754
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Suggests: php-pear
Provides: php-cgi, phpapi-20131226
Depends: libmagic1, libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41), mime-support, php5.6-cli, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), php5.6-json, php5.6-opcache, tzdata, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-cgi_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 1259142
MD5sum: f8f1c8b68147f787c1a6aa76c1bef546
SHA1: 53dc5b4b8e610392fb098577d82156254772b215
SHA256: ec8e1c750ef5d41d9ca019f778a730f1e413c59912bc4eee6b1535bf1cd6f140
Description-en: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)
This package provides the /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php CGI interpreter built
for use in Apache 2 with mod_actions, or any other CGI httpd that
supports a similar mechanism. Note that MOST users probably
want the php5.6-fpm package.
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The following extensions are built in: Core date ereg filter hash libxml
mhash openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session SPL standard zlib.
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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: 74eaac09247c135fe5e0a15798645044