How to upgrade to php 5.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Tefka]

I'm a complete noob, so please go easy on me - how do I safely upgrade to php 5.4 on a fresh server, fresh install without breaking Vesta?

[jobarte]

Hahahahah, noooob! Joke :)

To you upgrade to php 5.4 you need to add Ondřej Surý repository, look commands here:

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-oldstable # add Ondřej Surý repository (https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php5-oldstable) to php 5.4
apt-get update # update on repositorys
apt-get install php5 # will upgrade php5 and all dependences

On my tests this upgrade don't affected VestaCP, but I'll try again just to make sure

[flangefrog]

Be careful if you do an apt-get upgrade, as this will upgrade Apache to 2.4 which will break VestaCP until config changes have been made.

[mephivio]

but you can do it
when the script tells you a question, just select use current parameters and not the parameters coming from the packager

[jobarte]

Be careful if you do an apt-get upgrade, as this will upgrade Apache to 2.4 which will break VestaCP until config changes have been made.

No way, Ubuntu 12.04 don''t have apache2.4 packages, Ubuntu 14.04 have, and apache only will upgrade to apache 2.4 if he use other Ondřej Surý repository for PHP 5.5 that have apache 2.4

Look here https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php5

[flangefrog]

Be careful if you do an apt-get upgrade, as this will upgrade Apache to 2.4 which will break VestaCP until config changes have been made.

No way, Ubuntu 12.04 don''t have apache2.4 packages, Ubuntu 14.04 have, and apache only will upgrade to apache 2.4 if he use other Ondřej Surý repository for PHP 5.5 that have apache 2.4

Look here https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php5

Sorry, I had thought that Ondřej's php5-oldstable ppa included Apache.