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[chalu]

Hans Zaunere wrote:

>--- "P. Fawcett" <fawcett at bard.edu> wrote:
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>>hope i don't sound as confused as i am.  not all questions may be
>>answerable here, but to set the scene:
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>Sorry, you sound pretty confused  :)  Maybe I can point you in the
>right direction.
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>>i've tried to configure (on redhat 7.2) apache 1.3.26 w/ php4.2.2 &
>>mysql 3.23.51 source tar or .52rpm - whatever i can get to work.
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>It's important to pick either RPM or src and then stick with it.  If
>this is new for you, try RPM.  My RPM is a little rusty, but maybe
>something like this would help:
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>rpm -q apache
>rpm -q php
>rpm -q mysql
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You mean; rpm -e apache     to erase?

Suppose you have packages named "blabla.rpm"
You can run;

rpm -Uvh blabla.rpm

It will replace in verbose mode.

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>These will query to see what RPM packages are installed, which should
>give you a base to work from.  If all three are installed (and you're
>not worried about being up to date) you can probably startup apache
>with something like apachectl start and mysql with something like
>/etc/init.d/mysql.server start
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>Search redhat.com and zend.com/phpbuilder.com/etc, as they have some
>good tutorials for this type of thing.
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>Also useful might be:
>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/database/RHDB-7.1.3-Manual/prog/c7614.html
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>>1)  if i have php, mysql & perl installed on the sys, do i have to
>>include them in the other configs. ie configuring php --with-mysql?
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>Yes - this enables MySQL within PHP
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>>in configuring apache --with-perl.
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>No, this has nothing to do with compiling with mod_perl support.  Don't
>use --with-perl.
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>>or are these built in lighter versions?
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>Nothing to do with lighter versions.
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>>am i right mod's, ie mod_php is just a lighter version of php & not
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>necessary if i have php 4.2.2 installed?
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>If you've installed the RPMs, you don't need to do anything further,
>except start the daemons.
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>> or does that mod_php tie apache to php?
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>mod_php is php that is loadable into Apache.
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>Now we're getting into source compiliation, which is something
>different.  I would recommend sticking with RPM, but maybe
>http://nyphp.org/presentations/ampintro2/ can give you some pointers on
>compiling.
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>>i...
>>apache:
>>configure --enable-module-so
>>		  
>>mysql:
>>configure --enable-assembler --with-innodb
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>>php:
>>(i'm thinking i don't need
>>--activate-module=src/module/php4/libphp4.a
>>if not using php_mod, but rather the full php)
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>Unless you plan on using PHP as a CGI, you'll need that.
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>>configure 	--with-apxs
>>		--with-ldap
>>		--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql 
>>	php worked if i source compiled mysql 3.23.51 which created
>>/usr/local/mysql dir.
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>Good enough.
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>>but mysql would fail after config on: mysqladmin -u root -password
>>"new-passwd" 
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>You'll probably need to do something like:
>/usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &   first
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>>err: mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost'failed error: 'can't
>>connect to local mysql server thru socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'(2). 
>>check that mysqld is running & that socket exists.  well it wasn't &
>>it didn't
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>>so i reconfig mysql with simplier 3.23.52 rpm, which would run thru
>>the config ok, create the socket, start the daemon, but would
>>populates files all over the sys and not create /usr/local/mysql dir,
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>Ahh, the joy of package systems.
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>>so without php config --with-mysql (no path) php would fail syntax in
>>the hpptd.conf:  
>>LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so - "cannot load
>>/usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server:libmysqlclient.so".
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>And here we have it - a crossed RPM/compiled environment.  Pick one,
>and run with it :)
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>>2)  do i just eliminate in php config --with-mysql all together? &
>>then how do the mysql php interact?
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>No.. --with-mysql is important (or --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql)
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>And when in doubt, remember to run ldconfig once in a while  :)
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>Godspeed,
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>H
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>Hans Zaunere
>New York PHP
>http://nyphp.org
>hans at nyphp.org
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