title: Installing apache 2.4 and php 5.5 on ubuntu 12.04
body: <p>I'm trying to set a test enviroment with apache 2.4 and php 5.5 on a vm with ubuntu 12.04, fist thing is to add the repositories </p>
  
  <pre><code>apt-add-repository ppa:ptn107/apache
  apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then installing apache 2.4</p>
  
  <pre><code>apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>checking apache version:</p>
  
  <pre><code># apache2 -v
  Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (Ubuntu)
  Server built:   Sep 23 2013 07:23:34
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Installing PHP 5.5</p>
  
  <pre><code>apt-get install php5-common php5-mysqlnd php5-xmlrpc php5-curl php5-gd php5-cli php5-fpm php-pear php5-dev php5-imap php5-mcrypt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Checking php version</p>
  
  <pre><code>php -v
  PHP 5.5.8-3+sury.org~precise+1 (cli) (built: Jan 24 2014 10:15:11) 
  Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
  Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
       with Zend OPcache v7.0.3-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2013, by Zend Technologies
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So everyting seems ok the thing is I need mod_fastcgi but can't be installed:</p>
  
  <pre><code>apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libapache2-mod-fastcgi : Depends: apache2.2-common (&gt;= 2.2.4) but it is not going to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So if mod_fastcgi can't be enabled how can I run php files with php-fpm ? Is there something I'm missing ?</p>