How to uninstall PHP 7 completely? (Kali Linux/Debian)

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vane41 picture vane41 · Sep 28, 2016 · Viewed 98.7k times · Source

On my distribution of kali (2016.2) there was a php package v7.0.11 preinstalled. I'd like to use version 5.6 instead. Could anyone guide me through on how to remove it? I've already tried, looking for some guides online, but php7 is still pretty fresh, so there are not too many threads about it, especially while using kali. Nevertheless, I found some clues but I didn't manage to do it properly, apparently. A lot of mess with dependencies, and overall, my whole kali install is now broken.

After purging php7, I'd like to install php 5.6, is there an easy way to do it with apt?

Thanks in advance. Matthew

Answer

Net picture Net · Sep 30, 2016

I installed php 5.6 following this tutorial : http://www.drupal8.ovh/en/tutoriels/178/how-to-install-php-on-linux

To remove php 7, you can try:

sudo apt-get purge php7.0-common

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