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I am trying to install freetds-common, freetds-bin, unixodbc, and php5-sybase on Ubuntu 16.04.

When I run sudo apt-get install freetds-common freetds-bin unixodbc php5-sybase, I get the following errors:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php5-sybase

How can I install this package?

Kaz Wolfe
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PHP5 is end of life now, and as such is no longer installable in Ubuntu 16.04 by default.

If you want to install PHP 5 packages, you're either going to have to downgrade to Ubuntu 16.04. Alternatively, if downgrading is not an option, you can try to use ondrej's PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-compat
sudo apt update

Afterwards, you should be able to install the packages you need.

However, it is important to note that PHP in general 5 is a security risk, and shouldn't be used if at all possible. If Bad Things happen, it's not our fault.

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Kaz Wolfe
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