how to install php 5.4 install on ubuntu desktop 12.04?

Question

I try to install php5 package with a specific version 5.4.

But I have problem and can not solve it myself. When I try to install :

"apt-get install php5=5.4.9-4ubuntu2"

It returns me an error:

E: Version '5.4.9-4ubuntu2' for 'php5' was not found.

How can I solve this task?

Answer 1

Add this ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Then update and upgrade, upgrade will automatically install latest 5.4.x version of php

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Followed by,

sudo apt-get install -y php5.6

or

sudo apt-get install -y php7.2

depending on which version of PHP you want installed.

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To install through Ubuntu software centre

php5

_{(source: ubuntu.com)}

Ref: https://askubuntu.com/questions/109404/how-do-i-install-latest-php-in-supported-ubuntu-versions-like-5-4-x-in-ubuntu-1

Answer 2

If anyone is still looking to install php 5.4 and wants to create a stand-alone install of php 5.4 from source, this is how do do it:

Create a folder named php-5.4 in your local home directory like ~/programs/php-5.4. Then execute below commands from it through CLI.

  sudo apt-get install gcc libmysqlclient-dev libxml2-dev
  wget --trust-server-names http://museum.php.net/php5/php-5.4.15.tar.bz2
  tar xjf php-5.4.15.tar.bz2
  cd php-5.4.15
  ./configure --prefix=$PWD/installdir --enable-bcmath --with-mysql
  make install
  cd -

Replace 5.4.15 with the latest old-stable version of php. Refer this Google appengine developer page for more details.

edit

Updated the new location for php 5.4.