How to uninstall PHP7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 - Chamrong Tutorial

 

How to uninstall PHP7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 - Chamrong Tutorial

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites
3. Getting started

Introduction

If you are a junior developer and start working with the Ubuntu server, you will get some errors and try to find the solution in Google, StackOverflow, etc. But you still nothing have a good solution. The last solution you will choose is to uninstall and reinstall it again. When I am you, I spent a lot of time uninstalling it. Now, I hope you guys don't waste time more after reading this article by following the instructions step by step.

Prerequisites

1. Your Ubuntu server should have PHP7.3
2. Basic Ubuntu command line.

Getting Started

Run the command below to uninstall PHP7.3 from your Ubuntu server.

sudo apt-get purge php7.3'*'

Run the command apt/apt-get autoclean below to cleans obsolete deb-packages, less than clean

sudo apt-get autoclean

To remove orphaned packages that are no longer needed from the system, but not purges them, use the --purge option together with the command for that.

sudo apt-get autoremove

Now, you have successfully uninstalled PHP7.3 from your Ubuntu server. If you want to reinstall it again, you should read this article "How to install PHP7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 - Chamrong Tutorial"

Conclusion

Thank you for your time. If you have any errors or issues related to the installation or uninstallation of PHP7.3 from Ubuntu18.04, please feel free to leave the comment below. I will help you as soon as possible.