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Following LAMP tutorial - Php5 "has no potential candidate"

Posted August 20, 2016 30.7k views
PHPLAMP StackUbuntu 16.04

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt is the command, E: package “php5” has no installation candidate is the response, same for libapache2-mod and the other one.

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sierracircle August 20, 2016

I think that 16.04 uses php 7 by default, but you can just use php and it will choose the latest:

sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt
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akkaman007 December 13, 2017

yes, it worked for me also. Thanks

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MrCoolKapsShan July 12, 2019

yes it worked for me also (16.0)

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