Re: PHP5 on RHEL4?

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:

> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > Is there a reasonably straightforward way to install PHP5 alongside the PHP 
> > in RHEL4?  Is there an RPM someplace?
>
> You can get PHP5 RPMs from CentOS project, however they will replace RHEL4 
> PHP package.  You can't have both installed at the same time.
>
> Make sure you read and understand the Readme.txt file, and do not bug Red Hat 
> support if something doesn't work on systems where you install those RPMs.

Of course.

> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/Readme.txt
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/i386/RPMS/
>
> Another solution would be to fetch PHP5 SRPM from Fedora Core 4 and rebuild 
> it yourself on RHEL4.  However, that one will also replace PHP4 packages.

It would be nice to have RPMs like the Python and Python2 ones or gcc and 
gcc-compat, which could live side by side.

I have some installed packages that require a custom build of the PHP4 
rpms, and I have somebody who wants PHP5 features for some development.

I'll probably either install from source or try to modify the CentOS or 
Fedora RPMs.

Thanks to everyone who replied for the suggestions.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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