How do you Install PHP5 without installing Apache in ubuntu?

Question

Is it possible to install PHP5 without installing apache, in Ubuntu?

If so, how?

Solution 1

$ sudo apt-get install php5-cli  

Should do it.

Solution 2

Install php5 after php5-fpm if you plan to use nginx for example, because php5 needs one of either libapache2-mod-php5, libapache2-mod-php5filter, php5-cgi, or php5-fpm. Apt just picks the first package that satisfies the dependency.

$ sudo apt-get install php5-fpm php5

Comments

[Tilman]

That does the trick!

[x-yuri]

Care to explain? I understand why installing php5-fpm before php5 does the trick. But what php5-cli has to do with it?

[EEAA]

php5-cli does not have apache as a dependency.