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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mbstring" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install php5.6-mbstring on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-mbstring" package

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


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

Package: php5.6-mbstring
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 1459
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-mbstring
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mbstring_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 463674
MD5sum: 12a48c681d50b44cf2b98a4df67a7d5e
SHA1: f1a0110e41c9c4c5a7f7fcfb6655342c61b43e0b
SHA256: d8f10bd4dad01d87c59bc2db70a8ef092ef69990526a02fdc51112c8c1b3643f
Description-en: MBSTRING module for PHP
This package provides the MBSTRING 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: 741a0b4b31628c18e80bdef4f0ec8141