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Figured there would be an easy answer on Google, but no luck. Most of the tutorials, while similar to what I need, don't work on Debian:

http://chemicaloliver.net/internet/installing-php-5-4-in-ubuntu/

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5

yields:

-bash: add-apt-repository: command not found

And the steps here: http://vjetnamnet.com/how-to-install-php-5-4-on-debian-using-dotdeb-repository/ get to 

apt-get update
N: Ignoring file 'dotdeb.gpg' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension 
N: Ignoring file 'dotdeb.gpg.1' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension 
E: Type 'Deb' is not known on line 1 in sources list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list 
E: The list of sources could not be read.
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The dotdeb.gpg files shouldn't be in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ If you ran the cat dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add - command, then you're finished with those files so you can delete them.

As for /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list, deb has to be in all lower case. You have a capital D.

Ubuntu is based on Debian, but isn't the same as Debian. Instructions for Debian usually work in Ubuntu, but usually not the other way around.

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  • Strange, that Deb was there by default from the turnkey solution I used. But your recommended changes worked like a charm, thank you! – Nick Brown Dec 10 '12 at 16:42