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I installed Ubuntu 15.04, but I need to use PHP 5.5 and in 15.04 the standard is PHP 5.6

I added the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5

But when I tried to install, I got:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: 

    php5-mcrypt : Depends: phpapi-20121212 Depends: php5-common (= 5.5.24+dfsg-1+deb.sury.org~vivid+1) 
but 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6 is to be installed

How should I proceed?

Fabby
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  • What do you mean you try to install? what is the command you used? – Maythux May 06 '15 at 15:07
  • Is there a reason that you need PHP 5.5 and not PHP 5.6? – A.B. May 14 '15 at 17:40
  • Also, note that `php5-mcrypt` is in the repos, and, depending on the list of modules you need, you might not need to use a PPA. – saiarcot895 May 14 '15 at 19:41
  • Possible duplicate of [How do I install different or more recent PHP versions in supported Ubuntu releases? (like 5.5.x in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/109404/how-do-i-install-different-or-more-recent-php-versions-in-supported-ubuntu-relea) – oerdnj May 12 '16 at 19:08

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If you really need PHP 5.5, than install this version with this command (for version 5.5.24+dfsg-1+deb.sury.org~vivid+1) and check the correct version here:

sudo apt-get install php5=5.5.24+dfsg-1+deb.sury.org~vivid+1

and set the package on hold:

sudo apt-mark hold php5

Otherwise you'll get in the next update again version 5.6

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The PPA maintainer has a separate PPA for use with PHP 5.6. I recommend that you use this PPA instead of downgrading to PHP 5.5

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