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Quite simply, what is the easiest and most stable way to replace an apt-get installed PHP 5.2 with the new PHP 5.3 on an Ubuntu 8.10 server?

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well - most stable way is to stay with what distro provides.

2nd safest would be to use official backports, but it seems php 5.3 is not there.

otherwise you have to rely on your own [if you compile and build package by yourself or 3rd party contributors. quick googling returns this as one of repositories [ x86 only ] of php 5.3 for ubuntu 8.10 : http://tekla.art.pl/php-5.3-debian-ubuntu/

pQd
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  • I could try compiling my own (have to learn it some time) but how will I prevent the rest of the system from complaining that the php5 package isn't there? – Bart van Heukelom Jul 05 '09 at 12:45
  • if you follow for instance follow compilation instruction i linked to - you'll get ubuntu/debian package that replaces original php5. so for instance phpmyadmin [ or anything else that depends on php ] should not complain. you'll probably have to compile from source other php libraries that you might need [ php5-gd, php5-snmp and whatever else ]. – pQd Jul 05 '09 at 13:01
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I've had success with these packages :)

Hope it helps!

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dotdeb.org packages (as linked in the best answer) are now up to PHP 5.3.5 - worth checking the PHP posts on the dotdeb site for the latest info. Have just installed 5.3.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and looking ok so far.

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Ubuntu 8.10 is not supported any more so i would recormend upgrading it if you are still using it (since original question originates from jul-09). Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) however is still supported 2 more year on server environment and couple more months on desktop.

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