How to build and install PHP 5.6.10 from source on Debian VPS | Linux Today

How to build and install PHP 5.6.10 from source on Debian VPS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 6, 2015

In this tutorial we will show you how to build and install PHP 5.6.10 from source on an Debian VPS.

We all know that PHP-5 is by default available in the Debian repositories. But many times there are situations where for some crazy reason your application is not able to run on that particular version and you must upgrade it.

There are couple of ways to do that, and time time we will show you know to do that by using the PHP source package.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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