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I have Ubuntu 14.04, wanted to try php5.6.

Added ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6. Updated. Installed php5. Got php5.6. Did not find some extensions and decided to switch back to ubuntu's own php 5.5.

Deleted that ppa. Updated. Uninstalled php5. Installed php5. apt-get says it is installing php5.5 but after that php -v says php5.6. Tried almost the same in different combinations several times with clean, purge, remove, autoremove etc. No result.

Even deleted /usr/bin/php to make sure it is restored upon installation. But it is not.

not only I cannot delete php5.6 but apache2 as well. and now it messed up with my nginx

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possible duplicate of How can PPAs be removed? add back the PPA, then use ppa-purge. – muru Oct 21 '14 at 14:49
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that question helps but not a duplicate as motivation is completely different. have to accept my own answer because I don't know how to accept comment as the right answer. – coviex Oct 21 '14 at 15:55
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Used ppa-purge ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6 as suggested by muru. It helped. Had to fix all configs manually though.

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