Question
Install php8.0-mbstring on Ubuntu 16.04.7
- Posted on March 31, 2022
- NginxPHPUbuntu 16.04
Asked by Benito Martinez
I am trying to install mbstring, but running:
sudo apt-get install php8.0-mbstring
Returns this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php8.0-mbstring
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php8.0-mbstring'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php8.0-mbstring'
Could you help me?
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Hello there,
I’ll strongly recommend upgrading to a later Ubuntu version due to the fact Ubuntu 16.04 has reached its EOL.
You can still install packages using custom repositories.
Then you’ll need to restart the web service (Nginx/Apache)
Hope that this helps!
Hi @BenitoMartinez,
Have you managed to install other php8.0 extensions? My suggestion would be to upgrade to an Ubuntu 20.04 and it would work out of the box. I know this is not the question you are asking however, Ubuntu 16.04 has EOL and all new packages are not provided for that version.
This is the official PHP response on older Ubuntu versions:
as such, I’ll recommend upgrading to a newer version of Ubuntu.
Great! Thanks a lot. I updated Ubuntu and I was able to install it successfully.
Thanks @AlexDO / @KFSys