How To Install php-cgi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cgi on Debian 9.
What is php-cgi
php-cgi is:
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 php-fpm package that provide FastCGI support.
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.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default PHP version (currently 7.0).
There are three methods to install php-cgi on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-cgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-cgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-cgi
Install php-cgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-cgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-cgi
Install php-cgi Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install php-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-cgi
How To Uninstall php-cgi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the php-cgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-cgi
Uninstall php-cgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-cgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-cgi
Remove php-cgi Configurations and Data
To remove php-cgi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-cgi
Remove php-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-cgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-cgi
Dependencies
php-cgi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cgi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.