Simple PHP5 install with Yum

nabab · Unread post by **nabab** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:43 am

Hi,

I'm very bad with Linux, and I try to install PHP5 on my FC3 Plesk 7.5.4 server.
Do you know if it's possible to install PHP5 with a simple Yum Update command. If so, could you tell me which please ?
Less important : same question with RMTG and with MySQL5...

Thanks a lot

Thomas

Unread post by **scott** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:25 pm

Not yet, I havent put together a main stream php 5 package. I would not recommend tinkering with php5 on a live production box, set up a test system first, and work out the kinks there.

nabab · Unread post by **nabab** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:43 am

Thanks Scott,
it's not a production server yet, but when I read the reviews about PHP5 and the compatibility issues with Plesk 7.5.4, I don't have the impression there's anything to be worried about... Is there ?
Anyway, I rent this test FC3 server almost a month ago and since then I'm trying to install PHP5 and MRTG. The folder architecture is completly different from all the tutorials I found with FC3, and there's no way with my dwarf knowledge to achieve my goal.
Thanks anyway, I'll wait you've released your package...

Unread post by **scott** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:06 pm

My gut feeling on php 5.0 is that its probably going to be OK. There are some things I'd like to do in the php5 series, specifically linking it against mysql 4.1 and above. Currently I link against whatever the vendor provides, which for the most part is mysql 3 (exceptions 4ES/CentOS4 and FC4 users). Going over to mysql 4 libraries I think would eliminate issues people are having with mysql 4.1's old_password compatibility. So I'm at a stage where I'd either have to stick with the old way of doing it, or bite the bullet and tie the next major php 5 rev to a mysql 4.1 dependency.

acidbox · Unread post by **acidbox** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:23 pm

MySQL 3 is obsolete. If nothing else, you're helping people make a necessary transition by tying 5.0 to 4.1+. Hell, even Ensim supports MySQL 5.0 now, so we can do at least 4.1

Unread post by **scott** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:35 pm

Im so with you on that, I just get real uneasy when I make a big architecture change like that. When I originally started doing php rpms, I was linking them against mysql4. Much pain and suffering ensued

I already made the leap into mysql 4.1, which broke backwards compatibility with PSA below 7.5.4. Probably what I'll do is create the atomic-bleeding channel, and field php5/5.1 and mysql 4.1/5 packages for a few weeks so we've got an idea of what the impact is.

jasonliebe · Unread post by **jasonliebe** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:03 pm

Commercial web site, won't blame if goes awry, but would you say we are safe to run php5 and MySQL 4.1?

We want Plesk, but want php5 for speed.

Thx, Jason

Unread post by **scott** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:15 pm

I couldn't say one way or the other yet, since I havent had much feedback on the 5.0 rpms in the testing channel. I'd like to let them soak for a while longer before I press ahead with anymore work on this design.

acidbox · Unread post by **acidbox** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:32 pm

I'd be able to test a 5.1.2 installation if you're willing to make one

Unread post by **scott** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:43 pm

Its on my list, but I probably wont get to it any time soon.

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Simple PHP5 install with Yum

Simple PHP5 install with Yum

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