can't install php 7.1

Question

devall@giga:~$ sudo apt-get install php7.1 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php7.1
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.1'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1'

I am trying to install php 7.1 , tried almost everything...

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

reinstalled ubuntu twice.. still same error. #help

What Ubuntu version are you using?. Have you tried these other posts on StackOverflow? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30987883/how-do-i-install-php-7-php-next-generation-on-ubuntu — Jose Serodio, Feb 16 '20 at 19:05
How about: https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-and-configure-php-70-or-php-71-on-ubuntu-16-04 — Ed Lucas, Feb 17 '20 at 02:05
would using ubuntu 18.04 be an option, that could solve your issue, if not, you can still compile php7.1 from the source code. — Nathanael, Feb 17 '20 at 12:59

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '20 at 21:09

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try with software-properties-common

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt search php7
sudo apt install php7.1
php -v

answered Feb 16 '20 at 21:09

Nathanael

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I just tried this and I am still getting the same error as OP, trying to install both PHP 7.1 and 7.2. Got the above error that it couldn't find 7.1, and when I tried to install 7.2, it installed 7.3 instead. – Erica S. Jan 18 '21 at 19:53
@EricaSummers, if you want to install multiple versions of php, you will be better off to use docker containers with one version for each container – Nathanael Jan 20 '21 at 20:02
I was not looking to install multiple versions, I was trying to get either 7.1 or 7.2 but for some reason it could only find and install 7.3, no earlier versions. I don't know if that was a recent change due to the latest 8 release or what reason it could be... – Erica S. Jan 21 '21 at 02:13

can't install php 7.1

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