How to install php8.0-mbstring for php8.0? It keeps installing to php7.2

apt package-management apache2 php

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Figured it out thanks to Michal Przybylowicz's comment.

The website's repository: https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php needs to be added to Ubuntu's package system. The site lists the commands to do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

I also did:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2

since I run apache2. After that Laravel said that I need the 'dom' extension as well. That was solved by:

sudo apt install php8.0-dom

After that Laravel finally installed! Thanks Michal!

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Kush

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Kush over 1 year
I am trying to install Laravel. I am on Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, have php 8.0.2, and running Apache2. My issue is that I can't install Laravel as it keeps giving the error that I don't have the 'mbstring' extension.

When I do the commands
```
sudo apt update

sudo apt install php-mbstring
```
they get installed to /etc/php/7.2/mods-available. Laravel is looking for the extensions in /etc/php/8.0/. I have also tried installing the newest version of mbstring:
```
sudo apt install php8.0-mbstring
```
But get the error
```
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php8.0-mbstring
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php8.0-mbstring'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php8.0-mbstring'
```
Can someone help me figure this out? Why does mbstring not get installed to php8.0, and why can't I install mbstring for 8.0? I have googled online and found guides for installing mbstring for 8.0 and this specific command, but I can't see that extension.
- Michal Przybylowicz almost 3 years
  
  The php8.0-mbstring is provided from this repository : launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php
- Kush almost 3 years
  
  Thank you for that information. Would that mean I don't use 'apt install php8.0-mbstring'? What would I have to do instead? All the links I click on google tell me to do that same command.
- Kush almost 3 years
  
  It worked! I had to read that document a bit to figure out what you mean. Thanks! Posting the answer as a full comment below.
Teso almost 3 years

I am a bit skeptical, can this repo be trusted?
Kush over 2 years

Few months later, everything seems to be fine. So far I see no reason to doubt that repository.
mbomb007 over 2 years

@Teso Ondrej appears to be the official Debian package manager for PHP.