Problems with PHP downgrade.

[FeraTechInc]

So I updated my system from Ubuntu Karmic x64 to Lucid keeping all the files as recommended.

However, I soon realized PHP 5.3 is not compatible with a lot of client sites. So I had to downgrade to 5.2

Here is the walkthrough I used:
http://www.nickveenhof.be/blog/rever...ucid-lynx-1004

However, only one strange thing resides.

Any pictures resized using php5-imagick are eigther distorted or have off colors.

Has anybody ever come across this issue?

[longvnit]

You can try this tips, i tried and work fine

# remove all php packge
sudo aptitude purge `dpkg -l | grep php| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "`
# use karmiс for php pakage
# pin-params:  a (archive), c (components), v (version), o (origin) and l (label).
echo -e "Package: php5\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"  | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null
apt-cache search php5-|grep php5-|awk '{print "Package:", $1,"\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"}'|sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null
apt-cache search -n libapache2-mod-php5 |awk '{print "Package:", $1,"\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"}'| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null
echo -e "Package: php-pear\nPin: release a=karmic\nPin-Priority: 991\n"  | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php > /dev/null
# add karmic to source list
grep 'main restricted' /etc/apt/sources.list|grep -v "#"| sed s/lucid/karmic/g | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/karmic.list > /dev/null
# update package database (use apt-get if aptitude crash)
sudo apt-get update
# install php
sudo aptitude install -t karmic php5-cli php5-cgi
# or (and) sudo apt-get install -t karmic  libapache2-mod-php5
sudo aptitude hold `dpkg -l | grep php5| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "`
#done