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I'm trying to install php 5.6 on our Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS server, I've already added ppa:ondrej/php repository and executed:

apt-get update

I ran apt-get install php5.6 and got this result:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php5.6
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php5.6'

Does this mean that php 5.6 is no longer available? Is there any other way that I can install php 5.6?

Thanks in advance!

Liso
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TL;DR: You can't install php5.6 on 14.04, consider upgrade releases.

Php 5.6 is still available on Ondrej's repository.

:~$ apt-cache policy php5.6
php5.6:
  Installed: 5.6.40-6+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3
  Candidate: 5.6.40-7+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
     5.6.40-7+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
 *** 5.6.40-6+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The problem is you're using Ubuntu 14.04 which has reached End Of Life, it is recommended that you update to newer version.

The ppa maintainer has dropped support for Ubuntu 14.04, the supported releases is as follow:

  • Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
  • Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic
  • Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic
  • Ubuntu 19.04 Disco

You have to upgrade/fresh install above version of Ubuntu to get php5.6 working.

I think you'd want to upgrade to Xenial since it doesn't require any fresh installing method and can be upgraded directly.

Related How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?

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