Trying to install php7.4-dev extension, but I'm getting
E: Unable to locate package php7.4-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.4-dev'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.4-dev'
When I run apt show php it displays the following:
Package: php
Version: 1:7.2+60ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: php
Source: php-defaults (60ubuntu1)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers <pkg-php-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12.3 kB
Depends: php7.2
Supported: 5y
Download-Size: 3,084 B
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default)
PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used
open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited
for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Ubuntu's default
PHP version (currently 7.2).
I used the following commands to update the repository.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
After running apt show php again, I received the same message as before, and the version remains unchanged, still showing PHP 7.2.
However, I consistently encounter the same result every time, and unfortunately, I'm unable to install php7.4-dev.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt update apt show php
Update As mentioned in comments Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer supported please consider updating to newer versions!
I was facing the same issue somehow ppa:ondrej/php is not working on Ubuntu 18.04. As mentioned in this article after adding following repositories I was able to install php7.4
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/php74
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/php7-modules
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/backports
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/packages