I hate to even think this, much less suggest it, but you could try installing things from source. It can be painful, though. Rusty From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of techlists@phpcoderusa.com Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2018 10:46 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Ubuntu 18.04lts - cannot find bcmath package That is a problem - PHP 7.0. I started by installing Ubuntu 18.04lts and then found out that Magento 2 is not compatible with PHP 7.2. With Magento 2 not being compatible with PHP 7.2... I tried installing PHP 7.1 on Ubuntu 18.04lts, however there is issues with unmet dependencies. I'm a software developer not a system admin. I can do some stuff... I like to install what comes with the distro. I like Ubuntu... however this is not as clean as I'd like it to b