LAMP PHP 8.4 Installation in MX Linux – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Enabling PPA Repo

   Add PHP PPA for MX GNU/Linux

   Add PHP Repo for MX

   PHP PPA for MX

3. 3. Installing LAMP

   Now to Install LAMP PHP 8.x on MX
   For the Default Setup play:

   sudo apt install apache2 php8.4 mariadb-server mariadb-client php8.4-mysql

   This Setup includes also the most useful Extensions and Tools.
   Then Test your new Php with:

   php -v

4. 4. Searching PHP 8.4 Extensions

   Again to Search PHP 8.4 Extensions.

   So you can Search for the available PHP 8 Extensions running:

   sudo apt search php8.4

   And possibily refine the Result using a grep Pipe

   sudo apt search php8.4 | grep [KEYWORD]

   Like for instance:

   sudo apt search php8.4 | grep mysql

   Some useful Modules to Support a WordPress Website can be installed with:

   sudo apt install php8.4-imagick php8.4-curl php8.4-gd php8.4-mbstring php8.4-xml php8.4-xmlrpc php8.4-soap php8.4-intl php8.4-zip

   

   Last, to Install multiple Packages at once you may use the following Syntax:

   sudo apt install php8.4-{curl,xml,imagick,mysql,fpm,bz2}