problem installing php5-cli on ubuntu 9

[mirror51]

when i try

apt-get install php5-cli then i get the following error

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
php5-cli is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.31-14
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up php5-cli (5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.3) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing php5-cli (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php-pear:
php-pear depends on php5-cli | php4-cli; however:
Package php5-cli is not configured yet.
Package php4-cli is not installed.
dpkg: error processing php-pear (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
php5-cli
php-pear
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

What should i do

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo dpkg --configure -a

[mirror51]

I tried that and got following

sputnik@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up php5-cli (5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.3) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing php5-cli (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php-pear:
php-pear depends on php5-cli | php4-cli; however:
Package php5-cli is not configured yet.
Package php4-cli is not installed.
dpkg: error processing php-pear (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
php5-cli
php-pear
sputnik@ubuntu:~$

[devils casper]

Try to re-install php5-cli with force option

sudo dpkg -f install php5-cli

In case it doesn't work, delete files php5 file in /var/lib/dpkg/info folder and re-install php5-cli.

[mirror51]

Thanks for that i removed the php5-cli files and re-installed again and there is no errors now.

But when i use

php "some file"

it says

The program 'php' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install php5-cli
php: command not found

If i again try to install php5-cli then it says that it is already installed


i tried by going\

127.0.0.1/testpage.php and it is working but not from command line

[devils casper]

It looks like PATH has not been set correctly.
Find php5-cli using find command and set its path in PATH variable.

[mirror51]

I get the following result

root@ubuntu:/usr/local/src# find php5-cli
find: `php5-cli': No such file or directory
root@ubuntu:/usr/local/src# locate php5-cli
/usr/share/doc/php5-cli
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/php5-cli
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-cli.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-cli.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-cli.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-cli.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-cli.prerm
root@ubuntu:/usr/local/src#

[devils casper]

Navigate to /usr/share/lintian/overrides folder and execute php "some file" command. Does it work?

cd  /usr/share/lintian/overrides
php <file>

[mirror51]

It still says the same that php is not installed

[elija]

Have a look in /usr/bin, as php should be there. In my case it is ultimately a symlink to /usr/bin/php5 so you could try "php5 yourscript"