I've experienced this bug while upgrading through update-manager (Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS), here goes the excerpt from APT history log:
Start-Date: 2015-03-19 10:35:14 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.72' Install: libapache2-mod-php5:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7, automatic), apache2-data:amd64 (2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4, automatic), apache2:amd64 (2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4, automatic), apache2-bin:amd64 (2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4, automatic) Upgrade: php5-fpm:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5-common:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5-curl:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5-readline:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), libxfont1:amd64 (1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1, 1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2), php5-cli:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5-mysqlnd:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7), php5-gd:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7) End-Date: 2015-03-19 10:37:05 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1336713 Title: Nginx+PHP-FPM - Apache gets installed automatically on PHP update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1336713/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs