PHP upgrades from 5.3.2 to 5.3.6

Solution 1:

First add the following lines to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php5-ppa.list file using your favourite editor.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/php5/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/php5/ubuntu maverick main

Then run the following command to add a key for the newly added repositories:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 00A6F0A3C300EE8C

After that you can update Ubuntu's software and upgrade PHP:

aptitude update
aptitude full-upgrade

Solution 2:

I would recommend using my (Ondrej's) PPA, the answer taken from another Q&A thread: [How do I install different (upgrade or downgrade) PHP version in still supported Ubuntu release?

You could use a ppa to stay up-to-date with php. I use :

https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php5

It's now on 5.4. If you want use this ppa do this:

ppa:ondrej/php5 (Click here for instructions on using PPAs.)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

If you don't have add-apt-repository binary do the following:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Solution 3:

[Seems outdated]

I you want to upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to PHP 5.3.10, this is how I have done it:

sudo apt-get remove --purge php*  
sudo apt-get autoremove  
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brianmercer/php5  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-cgi php5-mysql php5-gd  
sudo service apache2 restart  
sudo pecl uninstall apc  
sudo pecl install apc  

Thanks to Brian Mercer for his PPA for php5.