Install php8.2-gmp PHP module

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I am running Debian 12 with PHP 8.2. I am attempting to install php8.2-gmp PHP module. So I tried:

apt-get install php8.2-gmp

There was a problem with the sury key being expired in February. See this issues page:

So I went to the sury issues page and they suggested installing this fake key:

apt install debsuryorg-archive-keyring

But the fake key would not install due to a cache problem. I learned that the sury package caches are in /var/lib/apt/lists/. So I deleted all four sury files and tried to install the fake archive key again.

apt install debsuryorg-archive-keyring

This time the fake archive key was installed. I then tried to install the GMP module:

apt-get install php8.2-gmp

I learned that there was a dependency. I first need to install php8.2-common. So I tried

apt-get install php8.2-common

The reply was it is already the newest version 8.2.10. It turns out

php8.2-gmp depends on an older version of php8.2-common (= 8.2.7-1~deb12u1).

I figured out how to install the older version with:

wget ‘http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/php8.2/php8.2-common_8.2.7-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb’ && dpkg --install php8.2-common_8.2.7-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb

The above command worked. But it led to a broken package.

E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt --fix-broken install’ with no packages (or specify a solution). So I tried

apt --fix-broken install.

The reply was that the following packages will be REMOVED:

php8.2 php8.2-apcu php8.2-bcmath php8.2-bz2 php8.2-cli php8.2-curl php8.2-fpm

php8.2-gd php8.2-imagick php8.2-imap php8.2-intl php8.2-ldap php8.2-mbstring

php8.2-mysql php8.2-opcache php8.2-pspell php8.2-readline php8.2-soap php8.2-xml

php8.2-zip

I am pretty certain that getting rid of all of these modules would crash my server. So I typed n for no.

I am hoping someone here might have an idea for how I can install the php8.2-gmp PHP module.

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Here you also had a fix:

Before the apt-get install you should execute apt update

Uff, you messed it up.

Before continue, if your hosting provider allows to make a snapshot to your server, do it.

You must uninstall that package php8.2-common_8.2.7-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb

dpkg --remove php8.2-common

I don’t know if you can do it cleanly but if the package can be removed, try to update and reinstall the packages.

apt update
apt install php8.2-common php8.2-gmp

Good luck.

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The only backup I have is a Hestia backup from earlier today. What is the command I need to use to restore from that backup?

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After looking into it, I just clicked on the Backup restore from the backup, restore all. Hopefully, this will take care of the problem.

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That won’t fix the problem. Restoring an Hestia backup won’t change the installed packages.

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You were right. Restoring from the Hestia backup did not roll back the packages. So I tried to install the correct keyring with this:

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

Then I did the update:

apt update

Then I tried to remove php8.2 common with this:

dpkg --remove php8.2-common

It could not be removed due to this: error processing package php8.2-common (–remove): dependency problems - not removing.

So I tried to install

apt install php8.2-common php8.2-gmp

But I got this error:
Errors were encountered while processing: php8.2-common

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

php8.2-bcmath : Depends: php8.2-common (= 8.2.10-1+0~20230904.33+debian12~1.gbp2dc84c) but 8.2.17-1+0~20240322.50+debian12~1.gbpc3bdbd is to be installed

I then tried to install

apt install php8.2-gmp

and got the same error.

Unless I can find a way to resolve this problem, is my only option to start over and rebuild the server? Either way, thank you for your input. I greatly appreciate your help.

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apt purge php8.2-*

And then install php gain?

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That could be resolved adding --force-depends option to dpkg command but at this point, I think you should follow @eris advise, purge all php8.2 packages and reinstall php-8.2.

apt purge php8.2-*
v-add-web-php 8.2
apt install php8.2-gmp
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Thanks for the tip. It may come in handy in the future. In my case, I decided to simply rebuild the server.