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I don't know this is a right platform to ask this question or not but am tired of trying everything available on google to install php 5.6 on ubuntu 16.10.

I have added ppa : 

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

then i have tried :

sudo apt-get install php5.6;

and it keep giving me this result :

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'php5.6-json' for regex 'php5.6'
Note, selecting 'php5.6-common' for regex 'php5.6'
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

Please help me...!!

Ritesh
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    16.10 is now out of support, so you'll need to install 17.04 or 16.04 (or 14.04). Package management will be broken on unsupported releases, so trying to install anything is likely to be problematic. – Zanna Aug 05 '17 at 14:53
  • Thanks for quick reply. Can you confirm that 17.04 supports php 5.6 or not..?? – Ritesh Aug 05 '17 at 15:11
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    on 17.04 if I add the ondrej PPA I can install php5.6 – Zanna Aug 05 '17 at 15:18
  • @Zanna post your comment as answer.. it worked for me.. i have updated to 17.04 and everything is working perfectly fine..!! Thanks a lot..!! – Ritesh Aug 05 '17 at 17:16
  • It'll help to lots of users like me..!! – Ritesh Aug 05 '17 at 17:19
  • That's awesome that it worked for you, but there's no need for an extra answer I think - see Installing PHP 5.6 on Xenial (16.04) - but you can leave a comment on the answer to say it works on 17.04 too, that may be helpful. 16.10 is off-topic, so this question will be closed, but I have upvoted it so people can find the comments and links – Zanna Aug 05 '17 at 18:06

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As per the answer given by @Zanna :

16.10 is now out of support, so you'll need to install 17.04 or 16.04 (or 14.04). Package management will be broken on unsupported releases, so trying to install anything is likely to be problematic.

In 17.04, it works perfectly fine..!!

Ritesh
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