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I need to install php5.6 to my Ubuntu 19.10, found out a lot of variants in the internet and almost all of them was the same - to use ppa:ondrej/php

I tried this variant:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

And this:

LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

But after

sudo apt-get install php5.6

nothing seems to work, all i get is message like this or simillar

Note, selecting 'php5.6-json' for regex 'php5.6'
Note, selecting 'php5.6-common' for regex 'php5.6'

The only result i get so far is php5.3 was somehow installed after sudo apt-get install php5, but this is not what i'm looking for.

Also after command 'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php' i'm getting something like this:

E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/apache2/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Could somebody help with this problem?

Misso NYk
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Finally, after 10+ hours i found out that my version of ubuntu doesn't work with Software Center properly, and for some reason couldn't use any ppa, not only ppa:ondrej/php. After installing Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver) everything starts working without any additional commands.

So my advice for those who struggle with simillar problem, before installing ppa, learn what ppa is, then:

  1. sudo apt-get upgrade

  2. sudo apt-cache search php | wc -l #in my case it was php, you could ask for any other package, this command will show how much packages available till now

  3. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php #it could be any oher repository

  4. sudo apt-get update

  5. sudo apt-cache search php | wc -l #if number is the same as after second step, it means that you probably have the same problems as i had.

Sorry for poor english, try to do my best.

Misso NYk
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Apparently ondrej only takes in supported php versions and so which means that php5.6 which have been unsupported recently has been opt out of his repository.

Earl Tacogdoy
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