Cannot delete /usr/bin/php in macos

Question

I want to delete php in mac:

/private/etc/               sudo rm -rf php-fpm.conf.default php.ini php.ini.default
/usr/bin/               sudo rm -rf php php-config phpdoc phpize
/usr/include                sudo rm -rf php
/usr/lib                sudo rm -rf php
/usr/sbin               sudo rm -rf php-fpm
/usr/share              sudo rm -rf php
/usr/share/man/man1         sudo rm -rf php-config.1 php.1 phpize.1
/usr/share/man/man8         sudo rm -rf php-fpm.8

when i run

sudo rm -rf php php-config phpdoc phpize

happen:

rm: php: Operation not permitted
rm: php-config: Operation not permitted
rm: phpize: Operation not permitted

Anyone can help me? thanks a lot!

Solution 1

To delete a file in /usr/bin/, you need to disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) by following below steps:

1. Turn off your Mac (Apple > Shut Down).
2. Hold down Command-R and press the Power button. Keep holding Command-R until the Apple logo appears. Wait for OS X to boot into the OS X Utilities window.
3. Choose Utilities > Terminal. Enter csrutil disable. Enter reboot.

To enable SIP again, repeating the above steps (2 first steps), enter csrutil enable and reboot your Mac OS.

Solution 2

Had the same issue, try this if the php version you need is already installed.

brew link --overwrite [email protected]

Solution 3

It's system php file. You shouldn't delete it. Better install another php version with homebrew

Solution 4

something like sudo brew unlink phpxx, where xx is your version number. Never delete file inside other directories then your home directory manually, unless you know what you're doing.

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Comments

[brombeer]

You might be better off researching how to "uninstall" PHP instead of just deleting it. (Not on a Mac so I don't know how to do it). On Linux you'd just type something like sudo apt remove php7.1 which would remove all references, man files etc in just one command. I guess Mac also has some sort of package manager that can handle this