How to install php-curl in Ubuntu 16.04

Question

Upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 and facing problem after installing PHP5.

Installed PHP-5 with following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install php5.5   # for PHP 5.5

Trying to install php-curl but its not working.

sudo apt-get install php5-curl

Error: E: Unable to locate package php5-curl

are you sure it's not installedand not just disabled? use `php5enmod` command to enable it. — I wrestled a bear once., Aug 06 '16 at 04:46
Is there a reason why you need to use php 5.5? It's reached it's end of life, and is no longer supported (There are many security issues) — Blue, Aug 06 '16 at 04:46
Are these huge projects? I think you should lean toward making your projects work in the latest version, then installing an old php to support this project. — Blue, Aug 06 '16 at 05:00
I've 15-20 projects on local and live servers not in my hand — Govind Samrow, Aug 06 '16 at 05:03

score 267 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 24 '20 at 23:14

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In Ubuntu 16.04 default PHP version is 7.0, if you want to use different version then you need to install PHP package according to PHP version:

PHP 7.4: sudo apt-get install php7.4-curl
PHP 7.3: sudo apt-get install php7.3-curl
PHP 7.2: sudo apt-get install php7.2-curl
PHP 7.1: sudo apt-get install php7.1-curl
PHP 7.0: sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl
PHP 5.6: sudo apt-get install php5.6-curl
PHP 5.5: sudo apt-get install php5.5-curl

edited Mar 24 '20 at 23:14

AndrewRMillar

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answered Aug 06 '16 at 06:34

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For me, this was exactly the case. Had PHP 7 installed and kept getting `Package 'php5-curl' has no installation candidate`. Running `sudo apt-get install php-curl` fixed the problem – ShadowZzz Aug 08 '17 at 02:44
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yeah, it Works. – Davinder Kumar Sep 29 '17 at 05:01
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use `php -version` to find out what version of PHP you're on – little tiny man Dec 23 '17 at 05:58
Perfect, but how do you fix libcurl issues with PHP 7.2 (needs libcurl4) and Percona MySQL 5.7 (needs libcurl3)? – GTodorov Sep 18 '18 at 18:38
@ShadowZzz yes, your suggestion worked for me as well. – Juyal Jee Nov 06 '18 at 20:09
It seems, that these versions are no longer part of ubuntu 18.10 – Jakob Alexander Eichler Nov 20 '18 at 15:15
Hey, Thanks a lot!! You save me :) – elfTine Dec 11 '18 at 15:15

score 35 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 05:42

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This worked for me.

sudo apt-get install php-curl

answered Aug 08 '16 at 05:42

Aaganja

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Yes, this works without having to specify a PHP version if the user doesn't know it. – Shailesh Nov 04 '16 at 06:35
Worked for me too on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu 16 – Riz Mar 28 '17 at 00:26

score 21 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '16 at 06:33

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This works for me:

sudo apt-get install php5.6-curl

answered Aug 06 '16 at 06:33

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score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 21 '19 at 16:35

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Do:

apt-get update

And then:

apt-get install php5-curl

edited Jun 21 '19 at 16:35

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answered May 26 '17 at 19:44

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 22:37

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install php8.0-curl

answered Mar 12 '21 at 22:37

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score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 20 '19 at 07:14

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To Install cURL 7.49.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 and Derivatives

wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.49.0.tar.gz
tar -xvf curl-7.49.0.tar.gz
cd curl-7.49.0/
./configure
make
sudo make install

edited Jan 20 '19 at 07:14

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 22:21

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 12 '19 at 14:58

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For Ubuntu 18.04 or PHP 7.2 users you can do:

apt-get install php7.2-curl

You can check your PHP version by running php -v to verify your PHP version and get the right curl version.

answered Apr 12 '19 at 14:58

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score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Oct 30 '18 at 10:25

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sudo apt-get install php5.6-curl

and restart the web browser.

You can check the modules by running php -m | grep curl

edited Oct 30 '18 at 10:25

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