How To Install php7.4-cgi on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-cgi
on Kali Linux.
What is php7.4-cgi
php7.4-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 php7.4-fpm package.
The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash libxml openssl pcntl pcre Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.
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.
There are three methods to install php7.4-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 php7.4-cgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-cgi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install php7.4-cgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-cgi
using apt
by running the following command:
Install php7.4-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.
After updating apt database, We can install php7.4-cgi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall php7.4-cgi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the php7.4-cgi
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall php7.4-cgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php7.4-cgi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove php7.4-cgi Configurations and Data
To remove php7.4-cgi
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove php7.4-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php7.4-cgi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
php7.4-cgi have the following dependencies:
- libmagic1
- mime-support
- php7.4-cli
- php7.4-common
- php7.4-json
- php7.4-opcache
- tzdata
- ucf
- libargon2-1
- libc6
- libpcre2-8-0
- libsodium23
- libssl1.1
- libxml2
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php7.4-cgi
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.