How to Install and Uninstall php7.4-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "php7.4-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install php7.4-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php7.4-common

2. Uninstall "php7.4-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall php7.4-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove php7.4-common $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php7.4-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php7.4-common
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 7310
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: php7.4
Version: 7.4.18-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-calendar, php-ctype, php-exif, php-ffi, php-fileinfo, php-ftp, php-iconv, php-pdo, php-phar, php-posix, php-shmop, php-sockets, php-sysvmsg, php-sysvsem, php-sysvshm, php-tokenizer, php7.4-calendar, php7.4-ctype, php7.4-exif, php7.4-ffi, php7.4-fileinfo, php7.4-ftp, php7.4-gettext, php7.4-iconv, php7.4-pdo, php7.4-phar, php7.4-posix, php7.4-shmop, php7.4-sockets, php7.4-sysvmsg, php7.4-sysvsem, php7.4-sysvshm, php7.4-tokenizer
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, libc6 (>= 2.15), libffi6 (>= 3.0.10~rc8), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Breaks: gforge-common (<< 6), php7.0-curl (<< 7.0.33-1~), php7.2-sodium (<< 7.2.12~)
Description: documentation, examples and common module for PHP
This package provides the documentation, examples and common module(s) for PHP.
.
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
Homepage: http://www.php.net/