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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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:
Only Supported Versions of PHP (http://php.net/supported-versions.php) for Supported Ubuntu Releases (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) are provided. Don't ask for end-of-life PHP versions or Ubuntu release, they won't be provided.
as such, I’ll recommend upgrading to a newer version of Ubuntu.
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.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
- sudo apt-get install php8.0-mbstring
Then you’ll need to restart the web service (Nginx/Apache)
Hope that this helps!
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