Downgrade php version from 5.3 to 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 x86

alamster — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:19:19 +0000

New Server has come and again I must downgrade php version to 5.2 due to some problem on web application. I use same method I use for Ubuntu 10.04 for Ubuntu 10.10 x86.

Let start

Download required files for PHP 5.2 from Ubuntu Karmic repository

#cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d

#wget http://randyfay.com/sites/default/files/karmic_0.list

# cd /etc/apt/preferences.d/

#wget http://randyfay.com/sites/default/files/php_1.

# mv php_1. php

Find out installed PHP version

# php -v

PHP 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.1 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Oct 15 2010 14:00:18)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
#

# dpkg –get-selections | grep php
libapache2-mod-php5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php-dbÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php-pearÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-cliÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-commonÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-gdÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-mcryptÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-mysqlÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-xslÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install

Delete those PHP with apt-get remove

# apt-get remove libapache2-mod-php5 php-db php-pear php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-xsl

# apt-get autoremove

Add php5-mcrypt

# nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/php

put these lines :

Package: php5-mcrypt
Pin: release a=karmic
Pin-Priority: 991

at the bottom.

Update repository and reinstall PHP

#apt-get update

#apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php-db php5-cli php5-common php5-xsl php5-gd php-pear php5-mysql php5-curl php5-memcache php5-mcrypt

Check PHP version

# php -v

PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Oct 23 2009 16:30:10)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
#

Great.

PHP successfully downgrade to 5.2.10 on Ubuntu 10.10 x86

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Downgrade php version from 5.3 to 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 i386

alamster — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:49:36 +0000

I have chance to install new server with standard requirement. SSH, Bind9 and LAMP.

All process is smooth using i386 version of Ubuntu 10.04 but my friend complain about his web application not work well and after little investigation it looks like due to PHP version.

Quick search on Google lead me to RandyFay post about downgrade PHP version to 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.04

I follow the method and rewrite it with a few things that might useful for newbie like me

Note :

I use ubuntu 10.04 i386 and username : alam

Let start

Download required files for PHP 5.2 from Ubuntu Karmic repository

# wget http://randyfay.com/sites/default/files/karmic_0.list

# mv /home/pusda/karmic_0.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d

# wget http://randyfay.com/sites/default/files/php_1.

# mv /home/pusda/php_1. /etc/apt/preferences.d/php

Find out installed PHP version

# dpkg –get-selections | grep php

libapache2-mod-php5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php-dbÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php-pearÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-cliÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-commonÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-gdÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install
php5-mcryptÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â deinstall
php5-mysqlÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â install

Delete those PHP with apt-get remove

# apt-get remove libapache2-mod-php5 php-db php-pear php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql

# apt-get autoremove

Update repository and reinstall PHP

#apt-get update

#apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php-db php5-cli php5-common php5-xsl php5-gd php-pear php5-mysql php5-curl php5-memcache

Check PHP version

# php -v

PHP Warning:Â PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘/usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/mcrypt.so’ – /usr/lib/php5/20060613+lfs/mcrypt.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Oct 23 2009 16:30:10)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
#

Dealing with php5-mcrypt error

# apt-get install php5-mcrypt

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
php5-mcrypt: Depends: phpapi-20090626+lfs
E: Broken packages
#

Quick solution for php5-mcrypt installation error

# nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/php

put these lines :

Package: php5-mcrypt
Pin: release a=karmic
Pin-Priority: 991

at the bottom.

Try reinstall php5-mcrypt

# apt-get install php5-mcrypt

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmcrypt4
Suggested packages:
libmcrypt-dev mcrypt
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmcrypt4 php5-mcrypt
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 91.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 332kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?y

Recheck php version after install php5-mcrypt

# php -v

PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Oct 23 2009 16:30:10)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
#

Great.

PHP successfully downgrade to 5.2.10

phpapi-20090626 lfs
unable to load dynamic library /usr/lib/php5/20090626 lfs/msql so
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library /usr/lib/php5/20090626 lfs/msql so
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library /usr/lib/php5/20090626 lfs/msql so
php5-curl: Depends: phpapi-20090626 lfs

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