Install new Moodle 4.1 LTS, or 4.2dev if OS PHP >= 8.2

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Tested on Ubuntu Server 22.04

For official release of Moodle 4.1 LTS, whose official announcement should be tomorrow (2022-11-28).

Building on:

• Nextcloud 22.2.3 [& 23.0.2] won't install on PHP 8.1.0RC4 which is part of Ubuntu 22.04 pre-releases [Moodle likewise] [Lokole & Node-RED "502 Bad Gateway"] [WordPress "HTTP ERROR 500"] #3047
• PR Stage 6/7 bypass of apps not yet compatible w/ Ubuntu 22.04 (Kolibri, Nextcloud, Moodle, Sugarizer) [ASIDE: Node.js 18.x works manually or using deb.nodesource.com install script] #3189
• MongoDB 4.4, 5.0 & 6.0RC1 don't run on Ubuntu 22.04 (preventing Sugarizer install) [missing apt package libssl1.1 -> libssl3 ?] #3190
• PR Prototype 'skip_role_on_error: True' in 4 roles {lokole, moodle, mongodb, sugarizer} #3255
• PR 22.04 & Mint 21: Avoid Sugarizer+Moodle initially (TEMPORARY) #3265
• Please Test Moodle 4.1 LTS — introducing PHP 8.1 support for Ubuntu 22.04, 22.10, Mint 21 & Debian 12 #3381
• PR Encourage pre-release testing of Moodle 4.1 LTS if PHP >= 8.1 #3382
• PR Preliminary support for Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster #3415

Tangentionally related:

• php-stem for PHP 7.4 (e.g. Raspberry Pi OS 11, Debian 11, Ubuntu 21.04) and PHP 8.0 (e.g. Ubuntu 21.10) -> PHP 8.1 (e.g. Ubuntu 22.04) -> PHP 8.2 Dec 2022 [for wikiHow in Spanish] #2864

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Moodle 4.1 LTS (now part of IIAB if you want it; it works with PHP 8.1 in 2022 OS's) is now official:
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=441029#p1774448

Their release notes & similar will appear in coming hours/days, in places like:

• https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_4.1_release_notes
• https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1/
• https://docs.moodle.org