How to Install and Uninstall php7.2-cgi Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "php7.2-cgi" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install php7.2-cgi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                php7.2-cgi
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "php7.2-cgi" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall php7.2-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 php7.2-cgi package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php7.2-cgi
Source: php7.2
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 9370
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.2.34-21+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Suggests: php-pear
Provides: php-cgi, phpapi-20170718
Depends: libmagic1, libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41), mime-support, php7.2-cli, php7.2-common (= 7.2.34-21+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), php7.2-json, php7.2-opcache, tzdata, ucf, libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libc6 (>= 2.15), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.14), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/p/php7.2/php7.2-cgi_7.2.34-21+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 1349710
MD5sum: 885b72b8597469ecf8649aabfaea00ab
SHA1: 6856516b5a4fe881534db84400f2a524554aedd0
SHA256: f26ca8bfd25774ec7f557e0dc594ab6778dba32fc09456d1cb5aefd654d2f339
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 php7.2-fpm package.
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The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash libxml openssl
pcntl pcre Reflection session sodium 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: 97125b602be5fad16ac2438eb8339454