#! /bin/sh php_packages=`dpkg -l | grep php | awk '{print $2}'` sudo apt-get remove $php_packages sed s/lucid/karmic/g /etc/apt/sources.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/karmic.list sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/preferences.d/ for package in $php_packages; do echo "Package: $package Pin: release a=karmic Pin-Priority: 991 " | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/php done