How to upgrade PHP 5.4 to PHP 5.6 on Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)

Question

I've added these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all

But still sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get upgrade don't touch php.

php --version is still

PHP 5.4.39-0+deb7u2 (cli) (built: Mar 25 2015 08:33:29)

Ale · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-21T14:07:47.437

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(Update) Try this (Ubuntu):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5.6-fpm -y

(Update) For Debian Wheezy (with sudo)

echo "deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list
echo "deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb.list
wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg -O- | apt-key add - 
apt-get update
apt-get install php5-cli php5-fpm ….. (or whatever package you might need)

(Update 21/06/2017) For Debian 8 (jessie)

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following repositories:

...
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free

Then update your sources:

sudo apt-get update

Then install the php5-fpm

sudo apt-get install php5-fpm

edited Jun 21 '17 at 14:07

answered May 28 '15 at 00:48

Ale

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This doesn't seem to work on wheezy. Perhaps it has been removed? See http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5-5.6/ubuntu/dists/ – danorton Nov 07 '15 at 15:29
I updated the reference for Wheezy installation. – Ale Dec 21 '15 at 21:41
This is not working on `Debian 8`, Why ? – Nullpointer Jun 21 '17 at 08:43
@Nullpointer I update the answer – Ale Jun 21 '17 at 14:08
Doesn't work for me on debian 7. It installed php 5.4 which is the one I already had. – matteo Apr 27 '19 at 20:23

Moises Gaspar · Answer 2 · 2015-08-07T09:44:28.653

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add

deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56-zts all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56-zts all

save and run

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install php5

more info here https://www.dotdeb.org/instructions/

edited Aug 07 '15 at 09:44

answered Aug 07 '15 at 09:36

Moises Gaspar

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interesting, when I do this I get back `php5 is already the newest version.` – lfender6445 Dec 31 '15 at 20:35
This worked for me. – cwiggo Feb 05 '16 at 11:29
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I kept getting an error NO_PUBKEY, had to do: `gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 89DF5277` `gpg -a --export 89DF5277 | sudo apt-key add -` thanks to: https://www.dotdeb.org/2010/07/11/dotdeb-packages-are-now-signed/ – user3413723 Dec 19 '16 at 16:41

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 26 '15 at 07:33

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After you have done apt-get update and apt-get upgrade you'll have to do a install with:

sudo apt-get install php5

answered May 26 '15 at 07:33

krt

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Last version of php in the official wheezy repos is 5.4, so your solution is invalid in this context. – matiit May 18 '17 at 09:09

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