Installing PHP 5.6

[aistis-]

If I try to install PHP 5.6 I get the following error

==> default: Error: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold --force-yes install php5-fpm=5.6' returned 100: Reading package lists...
==> default: Building dependency tree...
==> default: Reading state information...
==> default: E: Version '5.6' for 'php5-fpm' was not found
==> default: 
==> default: Error: /Stage[main]/Php/Package[php]/ensure: change from 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11 to 5.6 failed: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold --force-yes install php5-fpm=5.6' returned 100: Reading package lists...
==> default: Building dependency tree...
==> default: Reading state information...
==> default: E: Version '5.6' for 'php5-fpm' was not found
==> default:

Config:

class { 'php':
  version             => '5.6',
  package             => "php5-fpm",
  service             => "php5-fpm",
  service_autorestart => false,
  config_file         => "/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini",
  require => [
    Exec['apt-update']
  ]
}

[alvagante]

The version to specify should be exactly the one of the package you want to install, on the underlying distro (and of course you must have a 5.6(.x) php package available, either via default or additional repos.

[aistis-]

The solution:

apt::ppa { 'ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6': }

class { 'php':
  version             => 'latest',
  package             => "php5-fpm",
  service             => "php5-fpm",
  service_autorestart => false,
  config_file         => "/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini",
  require => [
    Apt::Ppa['ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6'],
    Exec['apt-update']
  ]
}

[alvagante]

Thank you for the reference note. I won't add the ppa management in the module, since it's not an official one, afaik, and would be out of scope, somehow. This is the typical stuff that can go to local profile modules.

[rgarcia-martin]

updated:

apt::ppa { 'ppa:ondrej/php': }

class { 'php':
  version             => 'latest',
  package             => "php5.6-fpm",
  service             => "php5.6-fpm",
  service_autorestart => false,
  config_file         => "/etc/php/5.6/fpm/php.ini",
  require => [
    Apt::Ppa['ppa:ondrej/php'],
    Exec['apt-update']
  ]
}