So I updated my system from Ubuntu Karmic x64 to Lucid keeping all the files as recommended. However, I soon realized PHP 5.3 is not compatible with a lot of client sites. So I had to downgrade to 5.2 Here is the walkthrough I used: http://www.nickveenhof.be/blog/reverting-or-downgrading-php-53-52-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-1004 However, only one strange thing resides. Any pictures resized using php5-imagick are eigther distorted or have off colors. Has anybody ever come across this issue?
You can try this tips, i tried and work fine Code: # remove all php packge sudo aptitude purge `dpkg -l | grep php| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "` # use karmiс for php pakage # pin-params: a (archive), c (components), v (version), o (origin) and l (label). echo -e "Package: php5\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null apt-cache search php5-|grep php5-|awk '{print "Package:", $1,"\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"}'|sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null apt-cache search -n libapache2-mod-php5 |awk '{print "Package:", $1,"\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"}'| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null echo -e "Package: php-pear\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null # add karmic to source list grep 'main restricted' /etc/apt/sources.list|grep -v "#"| sed s/lucid/karmic/g | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/karmic.list > /dev/null # update package database (use apt-get if aptitude crash) sudo apt-get update # install php sudo aptitude install -t karmic php5-cli php5-cgi # or (and) sudo apt-get install -t karmic libapache2-mod-php5 sudo aptitude hold `dpkg -l | grep php5| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "` #done
