Phil, Can you telnet or SSH (using putty or Terr Term SSH) to the RAQ? If so, do it by hand, and the best set of instructions is the "Soothingly Seamless setup of Linux Apache MySQL and PHP." I'd give you the URL, but the Internet is so slow here right now that I can't find anything, so search for it on Google. I think it's located at DevShed or Web Monkey.
Doing it that way you can compile everything from source, and the instructions are very good. You can also get the compile and install instructions, along with the source for each, from Apache, MySQL and PHP. Cross check those with "Soothingly Seamless" to get what you specifically want and run your ./conf for each accordingly. If it takes a couple of kicks, no sweat. You don't have to use the --with-mysql option, but I believe it assume /usr/local/mysql. I always install MySQL in a different spot than the standard, so I always use that parameter. One quirk to watch out for is that I've had MySQL install to /usr/local/bin/mysql, and then the installation script added another "/bin/mysql". I think that was a Red Hat box. All I'm say is to not make any assumptions. Oh, best version? Current one, 4.0.6. You mentioned .pkg files, might Cobalt be using a Debian distribution? Log in and try executing dpkg or dselect -- it could be that Cobalt have the installation pointing only to their server. If so, go to the Debian web site and locate some additional servers. Have fun - Miles Thompson At 04:56 PM 11/25/2001 +0000, Phil Ewington wrote: >Hi, > >As I have only ever worked on a Windows platform, installing PHP & MySQL on >a RAQ3 is completely alien to me. I attempted to install the binaries by >following instructions I dug up somewhere, and it all went badly wrong :o( > >I have since had the RAQ reset so I could start again. This time round I >installed the RaQ3-RaQ4-MySQL-3.23.37-1.pkg from cobalt, this went on OK, >but now I need to install PHP. As there is no .pkg for the RAQ3, I have been >advised that I do need to install the binaries for PHP 4. Do I need to give >a path for the --with mysql option, and if so where does the .pkg install >MySQL? Any idiot proof step by step instructions will be greatly >appreciated, along with which is the best/most stable version of PHP 4?, and >where is best to install it? > >Thanks in advance, > >Phil. > >------------------------- >Phil Ewington >Cold Fusion Developer >------------------------- >T: 01344 643138 >E: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >------------------------- > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
