help installing php

a2tech

I am trying to install php on fedora. I tried using apachetoolbox, which looks like a great idea. However, I didn't have the expertise to workaround some of the error messages.

My question is actually two-fold:

For php, how do I compile and make an rpm for it? Can I just use a Redhat rpm?
What are the most common modules to include? For example, I'd like to perform authentication, some drawing (GD), etc.
Is there another good, automated LAMP, or at least PHP set of scripts to use?

Thanks

ftrudeau

Greetings.

I really suggest you indeed pick a RedHat package, latest if possible. Check out http://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/
RedHat's PHP RPM includes all you need. GD is already a pre-complied in module, so its not available in a seperate RPM
See http://pear.php.net

Cheers.

Originally posted by a2tech
I am trying to install php on fedora. I tried using apachetoolbox, which looks like a great idea. However, I didn't have the expertise to workaround some of the error messages.

My question is actually two-fold:

For php, how do I compile and make an rpm for it? Can I just use a Redhat rpm?

What are the most common modules to include? For example, I'd like to perform authentication, some drawing (GD), etc.

Is there another good, automated LAMP, or at least PHP set of scripts to use?

Thanks [/B]

a2tech

I was finally able to recompile PHP for Fedora. I completely removed the packages for Apache 2 and PHP. I then ended up recompiling both Apache and PHP. I also had discovered that the RPM for Apache 2 was not removed on the system, which caused some issues when I installed the 1.3.x package.

Thanks,
🙂