How do you Install PHP5 without installing Apache in ubuntu?
Solution 1:
$ sudo apt-get install php5-cli
Should do it.
Solution 2:
Install php5 after php5-fpm if you plan to use nginx for example, because php5 needs one of either libapache2-mod-php5, libapache2-mod-php5filter, php5-cgi, or php5-fpm. Apt just picks the first package that satisfies the dependency.
$ sudo apt-get install php5-fpm php5