Need help in upgrading PHP ( getting stupid error)

[The_Punisher]

I have been banging my head around this problem for 2 days now and no luck. Keep in mind I am not the pro when it comes to server stuff but I am trying to learn.

So i currently have php 5.2.6-1+lenny4 installed and trying to update to 5.3.6

SO I apg-get update and then when I apg-get install php5 i get this.

The following packages have unmet dependencies: perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.12.4-2) but 5.10.0-19 is to be installed Depends: perl-modules (>= 5.12.4-2) but 5.10.0-19 is to be installed Depends: libdb5.1 but it is not going to be installed php5: Depends: libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.3.6-13) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4 is to be installed or libapache2-mod-php5filter (>= 5.3.6-13) but it is not going to be installed or php5-cgi (>= 5.3.6-13) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4 is to be installed or php5-fpm (>= 5.3.6-13) but it is not going to be installed Depends: php5-common (>= 5.3.6-13) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4 is to be installed

I tried apt-get -f install as suggested in output but that didn’t help either. Hoping I can get some help.

I hope I am in the right forum, if not please direct me to the right forum.

Cheers and thanx.

[PHP_Person]

If you don’t know what it is or what you are doing, you might want to get a server package that has apache, php, and mysql. Wamp and xxamp are popular ones. (amp stands for apache mysql php, so you know what your are getting. ;))

[blackleo]

Hi,

First take backup and than try to do following steps might solve your problem

sudo apt-get remove php

sudo apt-get install php-5.3.6
OR

go to system -> admin -> add remove software and search for php you will get the list from there you can install it