Clean up multiple versions of php8

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM Noah <noah-list at enabled.com> wrote:
>
> What is the best way to clean up the multiple versions of php?  apache2
> is the httpd.

It looks like you have both PHP 8.1 through PHP 8.4. Can we assume you
want to get rid of PHP 8.1 through PHP 8.3?

If so, then this should work for you:

    sudo apt-get remove --purge "php8.1*" "php8.2*" "php8.3*"

> #  apt list --installed | grep php
>
> WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in
> scripts.
>
> php-common/focal,now 2:95+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all
> [installed,automatic]
> php-composer-ca-bundle/focal,now 1.2.6-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-composer-semver/focal,now 1.5.1-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-composer-spdx-licenses/focal,now 1.5.3-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-composer-xdebug-handler/focal,now 1.4.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-imagick/focal,now 3.7.0-8+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
> php-json-schema/focal,now 5.2.9-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-ldap/focal,now 2:8.3+95+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all
> [installed,automatic]
> php-mysql/focal,now 2:8.3+95+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
> php-net-ldap2/focal,now 2.2.0-3ubuntu3 all [installed]
> php-net-ldap3/focal,now 1.0.4-1 all [installed]
> php-pear/focal,now
> 1:1.10.13+submodules+notgz+2022032202-2+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all
> [installed]
> php-psr-container/focal,now 1.0.0-2 all [installed,automatic]
> php-psr-log/focal,now 1.1.2-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-symfony-console/focal,now 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-symfony-filesystem/focal,now 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all
> [installed,automatic]
> php-symfony-finder/focal,now 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-symfony-process/focal,now 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
> php-symfony-service-contracts/focal,now 1.1.8-1 all [installed,automatic]
> php8.1-bcmath/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-bz2/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-cli/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-common/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-curl/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-dev/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-fpm/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-gd/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-gmp/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-igbinary/focal,now 3.2.16-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.1-imagick/focal,now 3.7.0-8+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-imap/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-intl/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-ldap/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.1-mbstring/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-mysql/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-opcache/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.1-readline/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.1-redis/focal,now 6.0.2-4+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-soap/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.1-xml/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-xmlrpc/focal,now 3:1.0.0~rc3-10+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
> amd64 [installed]
> php8.1-zip/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.1/focal,now 8.1.30-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
> php8.2-cli/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.2-common/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.2-ldap/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.2-opcache/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.2-phpdbg/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.2-readline/focal,now 8.2.25-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.3-bz2/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3-cli/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3-common/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-curl/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-fpm/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3-gd/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3-imagick/focal,now 3.7.0-8+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-intl/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-ldap/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-mbstring/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-mysql/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-opcache/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.3-phpdbg/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.3-pspell/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-readline/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.3-sqlite3/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed]
> php8.3-xml/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3-zip/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
> php8.3/focal,now 8.3.13-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
> php8.4-cli/focal,now 8.4.0~rc3-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.4-common/focal,now 8.4.0~rc3-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.4-imagick/focal,now 3.7.0-8+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.4-opcache/focal,now 8.4.0~rc3-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.4-phpdbg/focal,now 8.4.0~rc3-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> php8.4-readline/focal,now 8.4.0~rc3-1+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
> pkg-php-tools/focal,now 1.38 all [installed,automatic]

Jeff