In the short run, its faster to install packages, and allows for easy upgrades.
In the long run, if you compile from scratch you will get to know the system,
you'll know more how it works, and it is (in my experience) MUCH more stable
to compile it from source. I've installed PHP/MySQL/Apache combo on maybe
200 machines, and the numbers are for compiling everything from scratch.
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Guzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:23 PM
> To: PHP General Mailing List
> Subject: [PHP] Server Setup
>
>
> I am working on setting up a Red Hat Linux Web Server. Is there a benefit to
> installing PHP/MySQL/Apache by compiling them from source vs. installing
> these using RedHat's Binary/RPM distributions?
>
> What are the pro's and con's of these two methods? Can anybody suggest any
> pointers considering stability, efficiency, and easy upgrades?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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