ServerGrove provides a APT repository with the latest PHP versions packages in Deb format. This makes dead simple to install and upgrade PHP in Ubuntu 12 systems. Follow these steps to setup the repository in your server and install/upgrade PHP:
Setup ServerGrove repository
1) Add the repository to your server by adding this to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/servergrove.list:
deb http://repos.servergrove.com/servergrove-ubuntu-precise precise main
You may need to add the public key so packages can be verified, follow these steps:
curl -O http://repos.servergrove.com/servergrove-ubuntu-precise/servergrove-ubuntu-precise.gpg.key
apt-key add servergrove-ubuntu-precise.gpg.key
2) Update packages list:
$ apt-get update
Installing PHP
3) Install PHP:
apt-get install php54 php54-apc
4) Install PHP Apache module:
$ apt-get install php54-mod-php
Upgrading PHP
To upgrade PHP, run:
$ apt-get upgrade
Configuration files and paths
The main installation is placed in /usr/local/php54 or /usr/local/php53. The configuration files are placed in /etc/php54 or /etc/php53.
PHP 5.3
For PHP 5.3, replace 'php54' with 'php53' in the package names.
