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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "php5.6-common" package

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


    
        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-common" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall php5.6-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the php5.6-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php5.6-common
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 4572
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-calendar, php-ctype, php-exif, php-fileinfo, php-ftp, php-iconv, php-pdo, php-phar, php-posix, php-shmop, php-sockets, php-sysvmsg, php-sysvsem, php-sysvshm, php-tokenizer, php5.6-calendar, php5.6-ctype, php5.6-exif, php5.6-fileinfo, php5.6-ftp, php5.6-gettext, php5.6-iconv, php5.6-pdo, php5.6-phar, php5.6-posix, php5.6-shmop, php5.6-sockets, php5.6-sysvmsg, php5.6-sysvsem, php5.6-sysvshm, php5.6-tokenizer
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-common_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 1081362
MD5sum: 38e02bee0a3892b50b7fb1918ed503c8
SHA1: f38219c8f4eaaa417be5fd0ea8c41f28eebbbe5f
SHA256: aee03e7e4b5f678ae7954ba92f653e1dbf76158dedc7d87bb8672f34c5227339
Description-en: documentation, examples and common module for PHP
This package provides the documentation, examples and common module(s) for PHP.
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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: 22a3869c501657868c4eaafa1e98ce95