Question Uninstalling custom installed PHP handler in Debian 12

[hotdog]

Server operating system version

Debian 12

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.61

I installed PHP 7.3. according to the below linked guide, I replaced all the "7.2" with "7.3", but otherwise followed the guide to the point. I use Debian 12.

https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/12376921077783-How-to-add-a-custom-PHP-versions-in-Plesk-for-Ubuntu-Debian

Now I upgraded my application to PHP 8, so I can uninstall PHP 7.3.

Are the below SSH steps correct, if I want to remove everything PHP 7.3. related (I don't have any other custom PHP handlers installed)?

1. plesk bin php_handler --remove -id php73-fpm-custom
2. apt remove -y php7.3-{bcmath,bz2,cli,common,curl,dev,fpm,gd,gmp,imagick,imap,intl,json,mbstring,mysql,opcache,soap,ssh2,xml,xmlrpc,zip}
3. apt remove -y php7.3
4. rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php_custom.list
5. rm /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg

Are there any remnant config or log files I can get rid of as well?

Thanks much!

 

[Dave W]

/usr/local/psa/bin/php_handler --list

will show you a list of handlers available in Plesk, if it aint there it cant be used.

 

[hotdog]

/usr/local/psa/bin/php_handler --list

will show you a list of handlers available in Plesk, if it aint there it cant be used.

I fail to understand how your response relates to my question at all? I'm capable of removing the handler as I described in my post, and that was my intention, but I also want to remove any remnants of PHP 7.3, and I was asking if the commands I showed are enough to do that, or if there will still be some config files or packages leftover that I can further remove.

 

[hotdog]

Would love to get some advice on my question in the first post.

I'm also worried about this:

Recently, there was an issue about restoring the extra packages to the original state because the repository comes with extra libraries that stop getting the updates when the deb.sury.org repository is removed from /etc/apt/sources.list.d.

Source: How to downgrade to stock packages

Do I need to try and follow that guide to make it so that the packages return to the original state?