php7.2-bcmath (Debian Jessie) - installation problem

Question

When i try insstall this package i get:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package php7.2-bcmath E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.2-bcmath'

In source.list i have:

deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ jessie main

Why is this package invisible on the system and cannot be installed?

Answer 1

jessie codename isn't supported in Sury repository. To list the permitted debian codenames:

curl -sSL https://packages.sury.org/php/dists/ | awk -F '"|/"' 'FNR >4 {print $2}'

sample output:

bullseye
buster
stretch

Debian Jessie LTS reached End-Of-Life

the repositories have been removed with the last PHP update, so they are already gone.

To install php7.2 you need to use the Freexian repository. See PHP LTS by Freexian and How to access the APT repositories