How To Install php on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is php

php is:

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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php

Install php Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php

Install php 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php

How To Uninstall php on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php

Uninstall php And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php

Remove php Configurations and Data

To remove php configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php

Remove php configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php

Dependencies

php have the following dependencies:

• php7.4

References

• php website

Summary

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