Apache & PHP loads the older version

Anon

Hi Folks,

I have RedHat Linux 7.1. I had 7.0 last time but somehow I screwed up the GUI mode so I decided to wipe out the whole system and began from scratch.

Now, Apache-1.3.19 comes with Red Hat 7.1. But I there's no configure file to build it, so I download the latest version which is Apache-1.3.20. Now the problem is after I built all the apache and php for ODBC, my phpinfo() still shows me the older version. I build apache-1.3.20 and php-4.0.6 but in the phpinfo() file shows that I'm running apache-1.3.19 and php-4.0.4pl1(hp.tkosys.com/phpinfo.php)

I figured out that there's a file in /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd that run Apache at /usr/sbin/httpd. Is it the right file or should be at /var/www/bin/httpd ?

I installed the latest unixODBC which is the 2.0.8 version.
I built these lines:
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-module=so
make
make install

Then I went to Apache-1.3.20 directory and built it with:
./configure --prefix=/var/www

I built PHP-4.0.6 with:
./configure --with-unixODBC=/usr/local/unixODBC-2.0.8 --with-apache=../apache-1.3.20 --with-esoob=../easysoft/oob/client --enable-versioning --enable-track-vars
make
make install

Then went back to Apache-1.3.20 directory and built it with:
./configure --prefix/var/www
make
make install

Does anyone know how to get these installation working? I got no errors during the installation but I think all the programs are still pointing to the older one.

Thanks for any help.

Best Regards,

Mike
TKO Systems, Ltd
Web Programmer

Anon

do the following as root:

rpm -qa|grep apache
rpm -qa|grep php

then, rpm -e <packagename> of apache, php, and all the other packages that may have dependencies on apache.

What's happening is you have a packaged version of apache and php installed, and now, with source file versions installed, you have two sets of apache/php floating around. Use RPM to get rid of the apache/php packages, first, then come back here when if/when you get stuck again.

Anon

And after these steps you will probably need to setup the script /etc/rc.d/httpd or whatever is called to start up apache on reboot. Or you can simply make a symbolic link to your /var/www/bin/apachectl

Anon

Are those rpm codes going to get rid of all the PHP and Apache packages including the older version that comes with Red Hat 7.1 or just get rid of the newer one?

Anon

rpm knows nothing about your new installations, unless you overlap some of its files. you only need to remove the rpm packages, install php+apache and set up /etc/rc.d/httpd or similar script (it depends on distribution) to start apache on system startup. Usually symbolic link to apachectl works ok.

Anon

I'm still confuse.

If I do:
rpm -qa|grep apache
rpm -qa|grep php
rpm -e apache
rpm -e php

Is it going to remove all the php and apache extension files and the dependencies (older and newer) or just the newer version?
The older one is coming with the Red hat 7.1 and they don't have specific directory. The newer one is in directory /usr/local/php-4.0.6 and /usr/local/apache-1.3.20.
And the older version (apache-1.3.19 and php-4.0.4pl1) don't come with the configure file, so I can't build them with ./configure
That's the reason why I downloaded the newer version of apache and php.
Do you think it will wipe out the older version also that comes with Red Hat 7.1?
Thank you.

Anon

fear not. the rpm -e will remove the packages that it knows about. it doesn't know anything about your new installation if you specify ./configure --prefix="some other path that is not default". Even if rpm will remove your new installation you can quickly do "make install". if the machine is not carrying some critical mission - experiment to your pleasure!