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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "php5.6-readline" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install php5.6-readline on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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

Package: php5.6-readline
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-readline
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libedit2 (>= 3.1-20130611)
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-readline_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 13256
MD5sum: 5533675b87e9f37f960e7a8289821a2f
SHA1: aac2b4fd2a8c9cd3cc92cea2bd5b15dc8cf26c83
SHA256: d7b0439657def477a7fbd01fba89be23f8d3176a63d8790909204f436a98a1a6
Description-en: readline module for PHP
This package provides the readline 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: e79602c7d6a0ebe56dc4c3a28ee1dab8