I would like to have php 5.4 on my ubuntu server, even if it's no longer supported.
Then I tried the ppa:ondrej/php5-oldstable repository like this :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-oldstable
But it adds the repository below
[ubuntu@nixmind~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php5-oldstable-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu trusty
main
and was still giving php5.5.9 with apt-cache policy.
[ubuntu@nixmind ~]$ apt-cache policy php5
php5:
Installed: 5.4.45-3+donate.sury.org~precise+3
Candidate: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
Version table:
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
I then add the precise repos manually like this :
[ubuntu@nixmind ~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php5-oldstable-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu trusty main
and had this :
[ubuntu@nixmind ~]$ apt-cache policy php5
php5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
Version table:
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
5.4.45-3+donate.sury.org~precise+3 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
I then installed php5.4 like this :
sudo apt-get install php5=5.4.45-3+donate.sury.org~precise+3
But php is saying that the version is 5.5.9 while apt-cache policy says it's 5.4
[ubuntu@nixmind ~]$ apt-cache policy php5
php5:
Installed: 5.4.45-3+donate.sury.org~precise+3
Candidate: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
Version table:
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 0
500 http://eu-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
*** 5.4.45-3+donate.sury.org~precise+3 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-oldstable/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
and
[ubuntu@nixmind ~]$ php -v
PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.17 (cli) (built: May 19 2016 19:05:57)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies
Then my questions are :
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Why is there a difference between php -v and apt-cache policy outputs?
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Is it just not possible to install php5.4 on ubuntu trusty actually?
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Is a good way to have php5?4 ruing on ubuntu trusty without this ambiguity?
Regards.
