How to install PHP curl extension (in 5 seconds)
It’s a common wordpress problem: PHP’s curl extension is not installed!
No need to mess around in config files etc, simply do a
sudo apt-get install curl php5-curl
to install the PHP curl extension, activated and ready to go (apache restarts automatically, if not, do so).
This article was written quite a while ago (4 years), please keep this in mind when using the information written here. Links, code and commands might be outdated or broken.
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Hello
Not working, I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, i am trying sudo apt-get install php5-curl and it respond already installed.
But when i am trying to connect it shows cURL status OFF,
Please help me
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1135860/enable-php5-curl-on-opensuse-with-nginx
Where do i have to enter this code?
I’m prompted to enter passphrase.
Is that my windows password?
Handy tip, thank you. Installing on Ubuntu 13.10 desktop version, I found I did have to do a restart, though, using
sudo service apache2 restart