It seems that the only way to do this is to install together an Apache server which is very-very unwanted (in our case).
We just want to utilize the simple built-in web server, as the lucky users of some non-ubuntu OSes (like MS Windows 10) have.
Ubuntu package details says php (php7.2) depends on libapache2-mod-php7.2 OR php7.2-fpm OR php7.2-cgi.
It seems to default to the first package, which itself depends on apache2. But if you install one of the latter first, and php afterwards, apache2 will not be installed.
sudo apt install php-cgi
sudo apt install php
or manually put the resolved dependency:
sudo apt install php php7.2-cgi
Then you can run
php -S localhost:8000
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Tried this. Seems that cgi is not enough (still installs apache). So I tried both php-fpm and php-cgi which appears to do the trick. – ilias iliadis Jul 28 '19 at 14:57
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends --dry-run install php
First simulate. I'm not in ubuntu now. If you are happy you can run
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install php
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This won't work as installing
phpwill install a web server to go with it as it defaults to the Apache module first. OP would have to install either thephp-cgipackage orphp-clipackage first before trying to installphp- however if they install php-cgi or php-cli they'll get all the PHP common dependencies anyways which does not include a web server. – Thomas Ward♦ Jul 23 '19 at 19:43 -
sudo apt install phpwill do. – pLumo Jul 23 '19 at 14:29