How to completely remove PHP on Debian operating system

Debian operating system is one of the commonly used Linux distributions. It provides a powerful software package management system, so it can easily install and remove software packages. This article will introduce how to completely remove PHP on Debian operating system.

Step 1: Uninstall the php package

In Debian, we can use the apt-get command to install and uninstall software packages. To remove PHP, we need to use the following command:

sudo apt-get purge php*

This command will uninstall all packages containing php.

Step 2: Delete PHP-related configuration files and directories

After uninstalling the software package, some configuration files and directories may be left behind. We need to manually delete these files and directories to ensure that PHP is completely removed.

The following are configuration files and directories that you can try to delete:

• /etc/php
• /usr/lib/php
• /usr /include/php
• /var/lib/php

To delete these files and directories, you can use the following commands:

sudo rm -r /etc/php
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/php
sudo rm -r /usr/include/php
sudo rm -r /var/lib/php

Please note that these commands will Permanently delete these files and directories. Please make sure you have backed up before executing.

Step 3: Delete the PHP-related Apache module

If you use Apache as your web server, you need to delete the PHP-related Apache module. You can use the following command to delete the php module:

sudo a2dismod php*

This command will disable all Apache modules containing php.

Step 4: Clean dependencies

When you use the apt-get command to install or uninstall a software package, it will install or uninstall the package's dependencies. In order to ensure that there are no longer any PHP-related dependencies left in the system, please use the following command to delete dependencies that are no longer needed:

sudo apt-get autoremove

This command will automatically delete dependencies that are no longer needed.

Conclusion

With the above steps, you have successfully removed PHP from Debian operating system. However, if you encounter any problems during the removal process, please proceed with caution. Make sure you back up all important data and configuration files.

In short, we are very worried that deleting PHP will cause problems to your system. Please understand and back up your system data before deleting.

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