Package php5 have no installation candidate Ubuntu 16 04

Question

When i try to install php5 in Ubuntu 16 04 by using following code   sudo apt-get install php5 php5-mcrypt   I get following error   Reading package lists    Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information    Done Package php5 is not available  but is referred to by another package  This may mean that the package is missing  has been obsoleted  or is only available from another source  E  Package  php5  has no installation candidate   I have tried reinstalling but it does not help    All this error was encountered after I updated my 15 10 Ubuntu to 16 04

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If you just want to install PHP no matter what version it is  try PHP7  sudo apt-get install php7 0 php7 0-mcrypt

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This worked for me   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lamp-server  -y

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sudo apt-get install php7 0-mysql   for php7 0 works well for me

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Currently  I am using Ubuntu 16 04 LTS  Me too was facing same problem while Fetching the Postgress Database values using Php so i resolved it by using the below commands   Mine PHP version is 7 0  so i tried the below command   apt-get install php-pgsql  Remember to restart Apache    etc init d apache2 restart

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You must use prefix  php5 6-  instead of  php5-  as in ubuntu 14 04 and olders   sudo apt-get install php5 6 php5 6-mcrypt

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Ubuntu 16 04 comes with PHP7 as the standard  so there are no PHP5 packages  However if you like you can add a PPA to get those packages anyways   Remove all the stock php packages  List installed php packages with dpkg -l   grep php  awk   print  2    tr   n      then remove unneeded packages with sudo aptitude purge your packages here or if you want to directly remove them all use    sudo aptitude purge  dpkg -l   grep php  awk   print  2    tr   n         Add the PPA  sudo add-apt-repository ppa ondrej php   Install your PHP Version  sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php5 6   You can install php5 6 modules too     Verify your version  sudo php -v   Based on https   askubuntu com a 756186 532957  thanks  AhmedJerbi

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I recently had this issue as well and solved it using the following command   sudo apt install php7 2-cli   php is now installed  I m using Ubuntu 18 04

[php] Package php5 have no installation candidate (Ubuntu 16.04)

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