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Hello I have a droplet that is running WordPress on Ubuntu 13.10 and I installed a WordPress plugin give this "cURL is NOT installed in your PHP installation" what do I need to do? Thank you

Answer 1

ltdxdtl April 21, 2015

Open SSH

First Install CURL by typing sudo apt-get install curl
Then Restart Apache by typing sudo service apache2 restart
Then Install PHP5 CURL by typing sudo apt-get install php5-curl
will prompt to install... type y or yes!
Then Restart Apache by typing sudo service apache2 restart Done!

Now you should be fine!

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zouhair July 11, 2015

Thank you very much sir! It worked perfectly :)
midge218 September 3, 2015

This answer is the most detailed that will walk non-developers step by step to install php curl. I wish all of the questions have answers like this.

Thanks a bunch ltdxdtl.
- ltdxdtl August 25, 2016
  
  Thank you & I agree. I'm a non-developer also but having clear documentation like this goes a long way for anyone. thanks for the kind words!
haxpor7322349dd October 10, 2015

Works perfectly!
babyboyssmall February 22, 2016

Thank you. It worked perfectly
M374llic4 November 19, 2016

This worked great, thanks!
creativeatwork0 November 30, 2016

what is SSH?

jtmoney February 9, 2017

Hi, when I run sudo apt-get install php5-curl I'm getting these errors

root@myserver:~# sudo apt-get install php5-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php5-curl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 142 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main php5-curl amd64       5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
  404  Not Found [IP: 192.241.164.26 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main php5-curl amd64 5.5.      9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/php5/php5-curl_      5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Can you help?

jessemtaylor February 9, 2017

you can ignore this ^, i got it working :)
Teoco February 18, 2017

the same problem!
impossible to install it in regular way

Answer 2

zouhair July 11, 2015

Thank you very much sir! It worked perfectly :)
midge218 September 3, 2015

This answer is the most detailed that will walk non-developers step by step to install php curl. I wish all of the questions have answers like this.

Thanks a bunch ltdxdtl.
- ltdxdtl August 25, 2016
  
  Thank you & I agree. I'm a non-developer also but having clear documentation like this goes a long way for anyone. thanks for the kind words!
haxpor7322349dd October 10, 2015

Works perfectly!
babyboyssmall February 22, 2016

Thank you. It worked perfectly
M374llic4 November 19, 2016

This worked great, thanks!
creativeatwork0 November 30, 2016

what is SSH?

jtmoney February 9, 2017

Hi, when I run sudo apt-get install php5-curl I'm getting these errors

root@myserver:~# sudo apt-get install php5-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php5-curl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 142 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main php5-curl amd64       5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
  404  Not Found [IP: 192.241.164.26 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main php5-curl amd64 5.5.      9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/php5/php5-curl_      5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Can you help?

jessemtaylor February 9, 2017

you can ignore this ^, i got it working :)
Teoco February 18, 2017

the same problem!
impossible to install it in regular way

Answer 3

syntaxys-dll June 25, 2014

It works, but i need to restart apache

 sudo apt-get intall php5-curl

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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ScadaJosh November 13, 2014

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mrbm July 2, 2015

Small note...you spelled "install" wrong....
tmancini September 29, 2016
If you're running nginx instead of apache, to restart your server you should use:

sudo service nginx restart

Answer 4

ScadaJosh November 13, 2014

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mrbm July 2, 2015

Small note...you spelled "install" wrong....
tmancini September 29, 2016
If you're running nginx instead of apache, to restart your server you should use:

sudo service nginx restart

Answer 5

misterzik September 9, 2016

if you upgraded to php 7.0, make sure to use;

sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl

instead of ...

sudo apt-get install php5-curl

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beliajaonline December 3, 2016

Thanks, it works.

Answer 6

beliajaonline December 3, 2016

Thanks, it works.

Answer 7

sianios May 21, 2014

To make it work with php I think you need php5-curl. Try this

 sudo apt-get intall php5-curl

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Answer 8

asb MOD May 21, 2014

It can be installed with:


sudo apt-get install curl

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seban March 28, 2015

Thanks, It works.

Answer 9

seban March 28, 2015

Thanks, It works.

Answer 10

Romeygraphics May 21, 2014

Thank you very much Andrew.

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Answer 11

Romeygraphics May 21, 2014

hmmmm......Andrew I put in the command but it gave me this error

"Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
"Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?"

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Answer 12

Romeygraphics May 21, 2014

Marinos Sianios I put in yours but gave me "Invalid operation intall"

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Answer 13

Romeygraphics May 21, 2014

Please need to solve this....

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Answer 14

asb MOD May 21, 2014

The "Invalid operation intall" error is just a typo, so it should be:


sudo apt-get install php5-curl

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Answer 15

Romeygraphics May 21, 2014

Worked! Thanks again

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Answer 16

sianios May 21, 2014

Sorry for the typo, nice to know that it works!

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Answer 17

ScadaJosh November 13, 2014

It works,

sudo apt-get install php5-curl

sudo service apache2 restart

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max1042227 February 13, 2015

I needed to first run "sudo apt-get update" before the installation command (which restarted apache2 itself). Works now.

Answer 18

max1042227 February 13, 2015

I needed to first run "sudo apt-get update" before the installation command (which restarted apache2 itself). Works now.