Ubuntu 18.04lts - cannot find bcmath package

Mon Oct 8 08:20:53 MST 2018

Thanks for pointing that out to me.  Not sure why 16.04lts would be
supported into 2021 while having PHP unsupported.  

I'm trying to build a private server for just me to learn Magento 2.   I
have PHP 7.1 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 and I believe I've installed all
the packages that are required by Magento 2.  

Composer is hanging when I try to install Magento and I am not sure
why......  This is a subject for another post.  

On 2018-10-07 23:44, Brian Cluff wrote:

> Sorry to be the one to let you down again, but PHP comes out of the universe repository and to quote the note in the sources.list file:
> "## software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
> ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team."
> 
> So there isn't any updates to PHP in the backports, because PHP isn't a part of the main Ubuntu packages. 
> 
> You can try installing php7.1 from the PPA on this site:
> https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php?field.series_filter=xenial
> 
> I've used it in the past to downgrade an 16.04 box to php 5.6 long enough to get off the versions of the software that were keeping me on that older version.
> 
> Brian Cluff
> 
> On 10/07/2018 08:32 PM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote: 
> 
> I got to thinking... why would Ubuntu 16.04lts be supported into 2021 and have PHP 7.0 a part of the mix? There is no option to update to PHP 7.1.x.   
> 
> Then I stated to think maybe they backport.  Sure enough they do :  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports 
> 
> Problem solved 
> 
> Thanks!! 
> 
> On 2018-10-07 10:45, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote: 
> 
> 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 be. 
> 
> Here is the message I get when trying to install PHP 7.1 on Ubuntu 18.04lts 
> 
> --- 
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> php7.1-mcrypt : Depends: libmcrypt4 but it is not installable
> php7.1-zip : Depends: libzip4 (>= 1.0) but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. 
> 
> --- 
> 
> This is "test" or learning server.... for me exclusively.  I'd like to be able to use it for at least a year before re configuring....  
> 
> I need to load Magento 2, WordPress, and possible Drupal 8 onto this server 
> 
> Any thoughts are much appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> Keith 
> 
> On 2018-10-07 09:19, Brian Cluff wrote: I hate to point it out, but PHP 7.0 that is in Ubuntu 16.04 reaches end of life in 2 months:
> 
> http://php.net/supported-versions.php
> 
> Brian Cluff
> 
> On 10/06/2018 06:47 PM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote: 
> 
> Thank you very much.  After installing Ubuntu 18.04lts I found Magento 2 is not compatible with PHP 7.2. 
> 
> I installed Ubuntu 16.04lts which is compatible.   
> 
> Thank you for your help!! 
> 
> On 2018-10-06 18:18, Stephen Partington wrote: 
> 
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+package/php7.2-bcmath 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 5:05 PM <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote: 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Setting up a test server for Magento 2.  Requires bcmath.  I can find no such package. 
> 
> I am on Ubuntu 18.04lts that has PHP 7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 installed. 
> 
> Tried using apt-cache pkgnames Bcmath and apt-cache pkgnames php7.2-bcmath , both return to the prompt w/o any feedback.   
> 
> Been searching the web to no avail..... 
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks!! 
> 
> Keith 
> 
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