How to Install php5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install php5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

php5 software package provides server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install php5 

php5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the php5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep php5 *

You will get with php5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

php5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section PHP
Package php5
Version 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
Description server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Sub Section PHP


See Also, How to uninstall or remove php5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?