How to delete and install php 8.2 onto Hestia server

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 4:55am

I am running Hestia 1.9.6 on a Debian 11.9 VPS. I have some websites that I am trying to update from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.2. I went to a website account and clicked the Edit Pencil. Then I clicked Advanced Options and changed the backend template from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.2. Unfortunately, after clicking save, the website displayed a 500 error. I therefore changed it back to PHP 8.1 to display the website again.

I read that the problem was likely due to a broken PHP 8.2 install. I therefore made sure that no other website on the server was using PHP 8.2. I then opened a terminal and attempted to delete PHP 8.2 with this command as root:

v-delete-web-php 8.2

The terminal replied with "Uninstallation failed, please run the following command manually for debugging:

apt-get purge php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli php8.2-curl

php8.2-fpm php8.2-gd php8.2-intl php8.2-mysql

php8.2-soap php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-mbstring

php8.2-json php8.2-bz2 php8.2-pspell php8.2-imagick php8.2-pgsql

php8.2-imap php8.2-ldap php8.2-apcu

I did this which appeared to uninstall PHP 8.2. I then reinstalled PHP 8.2 with this command:

v-add-web-php 8.2

I then used Hestia settings to restart PHP 8.2 and Apache and NginX.

I then tried again to change the website from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.2 but I got the same 500 error.

I am wondering how to fix this problem. Any ideas would be appreciated.

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 5:23am

Show the output of these commands:

dpkg -l | grep -E "^ii\s+*php(.\..)?-fpm"
apache2ctl -M

Try to access your web site to generate again the 500 error and check the nginx and apache log:

tail -n30 /var/log/nginx/error.log
tail -n30 /var/log/apache2/error.log

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 5:48am

dpkg -l | grep -E “^ii\s+*php(.\..)?-fpm”

ii php7.4-fpm 1:7.4.33-8+0~20230904.88+debian11~1.gbp87c414 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
ii php8.1-fpm 8.1.21-1+0~20230716.45+debian11~1.gbpbeb527 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
ii php8.2-fpm 8.2.31-1~deb12u1 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)

apache2ctl -M

Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
so_module (static)
watchdog_module (static)
http_module (static)
log_config_module (static)
logio_module (static)
version_module (static)
unixd_module (static)
access_compat_module (shared)
actions_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
auth_basic_module (shared)
authn_core_module (shared)
authn_file_module (shared)
authz_core_module (shared)
authz_host_module (shared)
authz_user_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
deflate_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
env_module (shared)
fcgid_module (shared)
filter_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
mime_module (shared)
mpm_event_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
proxy_module (shared)
proxy_fcgi_module (shared)
remoteip_module (shared)
reqtimeout_module (shared)
rewrite_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
socache_shmcb_module (shared)
ssl_module (shared)
suexec_module (shared)

Access your web site to generate again the 500 error and check the nginx and apache log:

tail -n30 /var/log/nginx/error.log

2026/06/18 22:38:12 [warn] 839153#839153: "ssl_stapling" ignored, no OCSP responder URL in the certificate "/home/bfa02/conf/mail/freedica.org/ssl/freedica.org.pem"

tail -n30 /var/log/apache2/error.log

[Fri Jun 19 04:32:03.924626 2026] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 995132:tid 140428737222336] [client 20.151.2.122:0] AH01071: Got error 'Primary script unknown'
[Fri Jun 19 05:35:16.705381 2026] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 1002470:tid 140429634750144] [client 104.219.236.111:0] AH01071: Got error 'Primary script unknown'
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:43.256447 2026] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00493: SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful restart
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:43.646591 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH01909: 66.209.180.237:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:43.648482 2026] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00489: Apache/2.4.57 (Debian) mod_fcgid/2.3.9 OpenSSL/1.1.1w configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:43.648525 2026] [core:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:45.154012 2026] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00493: SIGUSR1 received. Doing graceful restart
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:45.964988 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH01909: 66.209.180.237:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:45.967853 2026] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00489: Apache/2.4.57 (Debian) mod_fcgid/2.3.9 OpenSSL/1.1.1w configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Jun 19 05:40:45.967924 2026] [core:notice] [pid 991454:tid 140429885888384] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'

Thanks for your help.

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 6:25am

That package doesn’t look like a Sury PHP package and the distro is Debian 12 instead of Debian 11.

Show these commands (when pasting the output, select the text and click on button </> to format the output correctly):

dpkg -l | grep-E 'php-fpm|php8.2-fpm'
apt show php8.2-fpm -a
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apache2.list
apt update

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 6:41am

apt show php8.2-fpm -a




Package: php8.2-fpm

Version: 8.2.31-1~deb12u1

Priority: optional

Section: php

Source: php8.2

Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers <[email protected]>

Installed-Size: 5752 kB

Provides: php-fpm, php-json, php8.2-json, phpapi-20220829

Depends: libmagic1, media-types | mime-support, php8.2-cli, php8.2-common (= 8.2.31-1~deb12u1), php8.2-opcache, procps, systemd | systemd-tmpfiles, tzdata, ucf, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libc6 (>= 2.35), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.18), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libsystemd0, libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Suggests: php-pear

Homepage: http://www.php.net/

Download-Size: 1747 kB

APT-Manual-Installed: yes

APT-Sources: 
 bookworm/main amd64 Packages

Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)

This package provides the Fast Process Manager interpreter that runs

as a daemon and receives Fast/CGI requests. Note that MOST Apache users

probably want the libapache2-mod-php8.2 package.




The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash json libxml

openssl pcre random Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.

.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used

open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited

for web development and can be embedded into HTML.




Package: php8.2-fpm

Version: 8.2.15-1+0~20240120.39+debian11~1.gbp56f296

Priority: optional

Section: php

Source: php8.2

Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers <[email protected]>

Installed-Size: 5727 kB

Provides: php-fpm, php-json, php8.2-json, phpapi-20220829

Depends: libmagic1, media-types | mime-support, php8.2-cli, php8.2-common (= 8.2.15-1+0~20240120.39+debian11~1.gbp56f296), php8.2-opcache, procps, systemd | systemd-tmpfiles, tzdata, ucf, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libc6 (>= 2.29), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.38), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.18), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libsystemd0, libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Suggests: php-pear

Homepage: http://www.php.net/

Download-Size: 1720 kB

APT-Sources: https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye/main amd64 Packages

Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)

This package provides the Fast Process Manager interpreter that runs

as a daemon and receives Fast/CGI requests. Note that MOST Apache users

probably want the libapache2-mod-php8.2 package.

.

The following extensions are built in: Core date filter hash json libxml

openssl pcre random Reflection session sodium SPL standard zlib.

.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used

open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited

for web development and can be embedded into HTML.










cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list




deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sury-keyring.gpg] 
 bullseye main




cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apache2.list

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/apache2-keyring.gpg] 
 bullseye main







apt update




Hit:1 
 bookworm InRelease

Hit:2 
 bookworm-security InRelease

Hit:3 
 bookworm-updates InRelease

Hit:4 
 bookworm-backports InRelease

Get:5 https://packages.sury.org/apache2 bullseye InRelease [6070 B]

Hit:6 https://apt.hestiacp.com bullseye InRelease

Get:7 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye InRelease [6136 B]

Get:8 
 bullseye InRelease [3296 B]

Err:5 https://packages.sury.org/apache2 bullseye InRelease

The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

Err:7 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye InRelease

The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

Err:8 
 bullseye InRelease

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

Hit:9 
 bullseye InRelease

Fetched 3296 B in 6s (524 B/s)

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

567 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://packages.sury.org/apache2 bullseye InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: 
 bullseye InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Failed to fetch https://packages.sury.org/apache2/dists/bullseye/InRelease The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

W: Failed to fetch https://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/dists/bullseye/InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Failed to fetch https://packages.sury.org/php/dists/bullseye/InRelease The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG B188E2B695BD4743 DEB.SURY.ORG Automatic Signing Key <[email protected]>

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 6:48am

Let’s fix your repos:

First purge php8.2-fpm packages:

apt purge "php8.2-fpm*"

Now execute these commands:

curl -sSlo /usr/share/keyrings/sury-keyring.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
curl -sSlo /usr/share/keyrings/apache2-keyring.gpg https://packages.sury.org/apache2/apt.gpg
apt update
v-add-web-php 8.2
systemctl restart nginx apache2 php8.2-fpm

And check your site again.

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 2:39pm

I did the first five commands. But v-add-web-php 8.2 ended with “Installing PHP 8.2, please wait” but the install got hung up for some reason having to do with missing keys. So I went to sleep to see if it would ever complete. Sadly, the install never completed. It is now the next morning. Here was the install process:

Get:1 https://packages.sury.org/apache2 bullseye InRelease [6070 B]

Get:2 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye InRelease [6136 B]

Hit:3 https://apt.hestiacp.com bullseye InRelease

Get:4 
 bullseye InRelease [3296 B]

Err:4 
 bullseye InRelease

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

Get:5 https://packages.sury.org/apache2 bullseye/main amd64 Packages [11.4 kB]

Hit:6 
 bullseye InRelease

Get:7 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye/main amd64 Packages [288 kB]

Hit:8 
 bookworm InRelease

Hit:9 
 bookworm-security InRelease

Hit:10 
 bookworm-updates InRelease

Hit:11 
 bookworm-backports InRelease

Fetched 300 kB in 3s (96.1 kB/s)

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

603 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: 
 bullseye InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Failed to fetch https://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/dists/bullseye/InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

root@ns1:~# v-add-web-php 8.2

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: 
 bullseye InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Failed to fetch https://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/dists/bullseye/InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2FD21310B49F6B46

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Installing PHP-8.2, please wait...

Thanks again for helping me install php 8.2.

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 2:48pm

Execute this:

curl -s https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/nginx-keyring.gpg > /dev/null 2>&1
apt update
v-add-web-php 8.2

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 2:55pm

If v-add-web-php hangs again, press Ctrl+C and run this command manually to see what’s causing the problem:

apt-get install -y php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli php8.2-curl php8.2-fpm php8.2-gd php8.2-intl php8.2-mysql php8.2-soap php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-bz2 php8.2-pspell php8.2-imagick php8.2-imap php8.2-ldap php8.2-apcu

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 3:33pm

The first command ended with a suggestion to upgrade 593 packages.

The second command came back with:

ERROR: Installation failed, please run the following command manually for debugging:

apt-get install php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli php8.2-curl

php8.2-fpm php8.2-gd php8.2-intl php8.2-mysql

php8.2-soap php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-bz2

php8.2-pspell php8.2-imagick php8.2-imap php8.2-ldap php8.2-apcu

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.

perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:

LANGUAGE = (unset),

LC_ALL = (unset),

LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8",

LANG = "C.UTF-8"

are supported and installed on your system.

perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("C.UTF-8").

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.

perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:

LANGUAGE = (unset),

LC_ALL = (unset),

LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8",

LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8",

LANG = "C.UTF-8"

are supported and installed on your system.

perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("C.UTF-8").

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

sed: can't read /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory

So I did the command that both you and the terminal suggested:

apt-get install -y php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli php8.2-curl php8.2-fpm php8.2-gd php8.2-intl php8.2-mysql php8.2-soap php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-bz2 php8.2-pspell php8.2-imagick php8.2-imap php8.2-ldap php8.2-apcu

The terminal replied with this error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1022802 (apt-get)

N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.

E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

-bash: php8.2-fpm: command not found

-bash: php8.2-soap: command not found

-bash: php8.2-pspell: command not found

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 3:35pm

Show the apt process:

ps -ef | grep 1022802

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 3:38pm

Here was the reply:

root 1022802 1 0 06:52 ? 00:00:44 apt-get -y -qq -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold install php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli php8.2-curl php8.2-fpm php8.2-gd php8.2-intl php8.2-mysql php8.2-soap php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-bz2 php8.2-pspell php8.2-imagick php8.2-imap php8.2-ldap php8.2-apcu

root 1029467 1022802 0 06:53 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --force-confold --status-fd 26 --configure --pending

root 1165089 1161673 0 15:36 pts/0 00:00:00 grep 1022802

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 3:40pm

dpkg is hanging or waiting something, before killing it, show this:

pstree -ap 1022802
cat /proc/1029467/wchan
tail -50 /var/log/dpkg.log

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 3:43pm

Here was the reply:

apt-get,1022802 -y -qq -o Dpkg::Options::=–force-confold install php8.2-common php8.2-mbstring php8.2-bcmath php8.2-cli …
-dpkg,1029467 --force-confold --status-fd 26 --configure --pending       -php8.2-cli.post,1040030 /var/lib/dpkg/info/php8.2-cli.postinst configure 8.2.31-1~deb12u1
-frontend,1040034 -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /usr/bin/ucf /usr/lib/php/8.2/php.ini-production.cli ...               |-ucf,1040070 /usr/bin/ucf /usr/lib/php/8.2/php.ini-production.cli /etc/php/8.2/cli/php.ini               -whiptail,1040106 --backtitle Package configuration --title Modified configuration file --output-fd 11 …
02026-06-19 06:53:57 status unpacked php8.2-bz2:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:57 status half-configured php8.2-bz2:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:58 status installed php8.2-bz2:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:58 configure php8.2-bcmath:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:53:58 status unpacked php8.2-bcmath:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:58 status half-configured php8.2-bcmath:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:59 status installed php8.2-bcmath:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:59 configure php8.2-zip:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:53:59 status unpacked php8.2-zip:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:53:59 status half-configured php8.2-zip:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:00 status installed php8.2-zip:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:00 configure php8.2-opcache:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:00 status unpacked php8.2-opcache:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:00 status half-configured php8.2-opcache:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:01 status installed php8.2-opcache:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:01 configure php8.2-readline:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:01 status unpacked php8.2-readline:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:01 status half-configured php8.2-readline:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:02 status installed php8.2-readline:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:02 configure php8.2-mbstring:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:02 status unpacked php8.2-mbstring:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:02 status half-configured php8.2-mbstring:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:03 status installed php8.2-mbstring:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:03 configure php8.2-intl:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
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2026-06-19 06:54:04 configure php8.2-curl:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
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2026-06-19 06:54:05 configure php8.2-xml:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
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2026-06-19 06:54:11 configure php8.2-pspell:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
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2026-06-19 06:54:12 configure php8.2-gmp:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:12 status unpacked php8.2-gmp:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:13 status half-configured php8.2-gmp:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:14 status installed php8.2-gmp:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:14 configure php8.2-gd:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:14 status unpacked php8.2-gd:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:14 status half-configured php8.2-gd:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:15 status installed php8.2-gd:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:15 configure php8.2-cli:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89 
2026-06-19 06:54:15 status unpacked php8.2-cli:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89
2026-06-19 06:54:15 status half-configured php8.2-cli:amd64 8.2.31-3+0~20260514.89+debian11~1.gbpa1fd89

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 3:49pm

kill -9 1022802 1029467 1040030 1040034 1040070 1040106
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get purge -y "php8.2*"
v-add-web-php 8.2

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 4:05pm

I kept the current versions of everything. I then purged PHP 8.2. But when I tried to re-install it, the following was replied:

Installing PHP-8.2, please wait…

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NAME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MONETARY = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_PAPER = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_IDENTIFICATION = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TELEPHONE = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MEASUREMENT = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TIME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NUMERIC = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LANG = “C.UTF-8”
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale (“C.UTF-8”).
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NAME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MONETARY = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_PAPER = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_IDENTIFICATION = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TELEPHONE = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MEASUREMENT = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TIME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NUMERIC = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LANG = “C.UTF-8”
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale (“C.UTF-8”).

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 4:06pm

What I mean by I kept the current versions, it was in response to this question:

dpkg --configure -a

php.ini: A new version (/usr/lib/php/8.2/php.ini-production.cli) of configuration file /etc/php/8.2/cli/php.ini is  │
│ available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified.                                           │
│                                                                                                                     │
│ What do you want to do about modified configuration file php.ini?                                                   │
│                                                                                                                     │
│                                install the package maintainer’s version                                             │
│                                keep the local version currently installed

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 4:17pm

That’s ok.

And it’s hanging again? If the answer is yes, is because dpkg is asking you a question but due the way Hestia installs the packages, you can’t see it.

Ctrl-C and:

killall -9 apt-get dpkg ucf whiptail
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get purge -y "php8.2*"

And let’s configure apt to not ask any questions:

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
export UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD=1
v-add-web-php 8.2

David-Spring · June 19, 2026, 4:29pm

The prior install did not hang. It just ended. So I did not have to do control C to end it. I did the four commands you suggested. Sadly, when I tried to install php 8.2, the reply was:

Installing PHP-8.2, please wait…

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NAME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MONETARY = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_PAPER = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_IDENTIFICATION = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TELEPHONE = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MEASUREMENT = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TIME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NUMERIC = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LANG = “C.UTF-8”
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale (“C.UTF-8”).
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NAME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MONETARY = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_PAPER = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_IDENTIFICATION = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TELEPHONE = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_MEASUREMENT = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_TIME = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LC_NUMERIC = “en_US.UTF-8”,
LANG = “C.UTF-8”
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale (“C.UTF-8”).

sahsanu · June 19, 2026, 4:31pm

If it ended it’s ok. You can ignore the perl messages.

Check the php versions:

v-list-sys-php