On 20 Dec, 06:40, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to answer the package-management part of your question. > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:50:49PM -0800, Jeppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard > to say:> Well, I did "apt-get install php4-mysql" (I have included some of the > > ------------------------------- > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > apache-common libapache-mod-php4 libkrb53 libpq4 php4-common php4- > > pgsql > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Suggested packages: > > apache apache-ssl apache-perl php-pear krb5-doc krb5-user > > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > libapache2-mod-php4 > > [snip] > > > dpkg: libapache2-mod-php4: dependency problems, but removing anyway as > > you request: > > php4 depends on libapache-mod-php4 (>= 4:4.3.10-16) | libapache2-mod- > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > php4 (>= 4:4.3.10-16); however: > > Package libapache-mod-php4 is not installed. > > Package libapache2-mod-php4 is to be removed. > > (Reading database ... 33009 files and directories currently > > installed.) > > > Removing libapache2-mod-php4 ... > > > Module php4 disabled; run /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload to fully > > disable. > > .. > > ------------------------------- > > Most likely what happened is this: apt decided for some reason > that your installed apache2 wouldn't go well with php4, and that you > should install apache instead [0]. So now it had a problem: > libapache-mod-php4 and libapache2-mod-php4 are mutually exclusive, yet > php4 (which you wanted to have installed) requires one of them. Apt > solves this by telling dpkg to "remove libapache2-mod-php4, no really I > *swear* it's OK", which causes dpkg to output the message you listed. I > bet that later in that process apt went and installed libapache-mod-php4. > > aptitude can sometimes help a bit in figuring situations like this > out, although I don't know if it would have helped here; it looks like > all those changes were done by the auto-install feature of apt, which > aptitude doesn't get to look inside. > > [0] it was almost certainly wrong, but I'd need to do more analysis to > figure out why. > > Daniel > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Okey, you have all helped me with explaining the situation that had arisen. Thanks! I guess I don´t have to feel worried about my current server status since I´ve got PHP5 and apache2 back in action. And I guess I dare to do the: "apt-get install php5-mysql" without going mad. Thx again for taking your time to answer my questions. / J
