Wesley Wannemacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: WW> I don't think you need to be a programmer, usually the following works WW> for me to install from source: ... WW> Normally one can also start by taking a gander at the README file WW> (RTFM). For PHP in particular, I used something close to the following WW> for the configure command: WW> WW> ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-apxs --with-mysql --enable-track-vars WW> --enable-magic-quotes --enable-trans-sid
For Debian, you should never use --prefix=/usr unless you're in the process of building a package. --prefix=/usr/local, which tends to be the default in autoconfiscated packages, is a much better choice. (In the event that you do get dpkg working again, it considers /usr "it's territory" and will happily step on whatever you've managed to install there. On the other hand, it considers /usr/local "the administrator's space", and Debian policy for the most part forbids packages from writing into /usr/local.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
