Can't get to install 'intl' extension for php on debian

Question

I have a Debian server and I want to install the intl extension through pecl.

During the installation it asks me:

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Answer 1

You need to install libicu44 and libicu-dev:

apt-get install libicu44 libicu-dev

and after this you can install intl with pecl:

./pecl install intl

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Note if using Ubuntu:

It lLooks like the first package libicu44 is not available, in which case just install libicu-dev and it will go through the dependencies and handle it for you. Seems to use libicu42 at the moment.