I've been trying to install PHP for almost two days, but I can not.
I downloaded the tar.xz package from the official PHP website.
I run tar xJf to unpack, but when it arrives at ./configure the following errors appear:
I have researched both google and Stackoverflow but I could not find any solution to this problem.
Like Valdeir well remember, if your ubuntu is 17.10 or lower follow these steps:
Make sure you have the following package installed so you can add repositories:
apt install python-software-properties
Add the Ondřej repository
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
That nasty update
apt update
Installing php 7.2:
Installing Apache and Zip
apt install -y apache2 zip
Installing PHP and some extensions
apt-get install -y php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-json php7.2-cgi php7.2 php7.2-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-ldap php-xdebug wget
Creating the info.php file
echo "<?php phpinfo() ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php
Remembering: service apache2 start // inicia o serviço do apache
Why not use xampp, very practical and comes with everything you need.