Question
Need to install php.7.4 on Ubuntu 18. Can't get it in my list to update.
- Posted on November 23, 2023
- Ubuntu 18.04PHP
Asked by Dwight Trumbower
I have tried several methods, even used this tutorial:
But I can’t get any version above 7.3 is the list.
The following are the repos that have been added:
Hit:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:3 https://repos.insights.digitalocean.com/apt/do-agent main InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Hit:5 http://software.virtualmin.com/vm/6/gpl/apt virtualmin-bionic InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:7 http://software.virtualmin.com/vm/6/gpl/apt virtualmin-universal InRelease
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/apache2/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic InRelease
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
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Heya,
Since PHP 7.4 might not be available in the default Ubuntu 18.04 repositories, you can add a third-party repository that has the package.
Now you can install PHP 7.4 along with some common extensions that you might need.
If you need additional extensions, you can install them using
apt. For example, to install MySQL and GD extensions: