How To Install php-cgi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cgi on Kali Linux.

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 latest stable PHP version (currently 7.4).

There are three methods to install php-cgi on Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• php7.4-cgi

References

• php-cgi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-cgi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.