Hello
I am using Mandrake Linux 10.0

I have downloaded the following file from the Internet.
php-4.3.11.tar.bz2

I in vain tried to install it.

I created a folder called 'php' and moved the file on to it.



[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ ls
php-4.3.11.tar.bz2
[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ tar -xvzf php-4.3.11.tar.bz2

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ gzip -d php-4.3.11.tar.bz2
gzip: php-4.3.11.tar.bz2: unknown suffix -- ignored

[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ gzip -d 'php-4.3.11.tar.bz2'
gzip: php-4.3.11.tar.bz2: unknown suffix -- ignored

[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ gzip-d 'php-4.3.11.tar.bz2'
bash: gzip-d: command not found

[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ gzip -d 'php-4.3.11.tar.bz2'
gzip: php-4.3.11.tar.bz2: unknown suffix -- ignored

[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$ gzip -d php-4.3.11.tar.bz2
gzip: php-4.3.11.tar.bz2: unknown suffix -- ignored
[nik@c83-250-88-159 php]$


What is the problem? Your help is deeply appreciated.

tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2 should do it ....

Else bunzip2 filename.tar.bz2 then tar -xvf

You don't need the j or z option anymore. tar xvf will automatically determine the file type and uncompress it.

Thanks zeos

It worked fine. I installed the program using the following steps:

./configure

make

make install
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How can I start the program? If you read the following, you would find how to start the program. I can' t get a clue.
Please help me.



[root@c83-250-88-159 php-4.3.11]# make install
Installing PHP SAPI module: cgi
Installing PHP CGI into: /usr/local/bin/
Installing PEAR environment: /usr/local/lib/php/
[PEAR] Archive_Tar - installed: 1.1
[PEAR] Console_Getopt - installed: 1.2
[PEAR] PEAR - installed: 1.3.5
Wrote PEAR system config file at: /usr/local/etc/pear.conf
You may want to add: /usr/local/lib/php to your php.ini include_path
[PEAR] HTML_Template_IT- installed: 1.1
[PEAR] Net_UserAgent_Detect- installed: 2.0.1
[PEAR] XML_RPC - installed: 1.2.2
Installing build environment: /usr/local/lib/php/build/
Installing header files: /usr/local/include/php/
Installing helper programs: /usr/local/bin/
program: phpize
program: php-config
program: phpextdist


[root@c83-250-88-159 php-4.3.11]# ls
acconfig.h CREDITS main/ php4.spec.in regex/
acconfig.h.in cvsclean* makedist* php.gif run-tests.php*
acinclude.m4 ext/ Makefile php.ini-dist sapi/
aclocal.m4 EXTENSIONS Makefile.frag php.ini-recommended scripts/
build/ footer Makefile.fragments README.CVS-RULES server-tests.php*
buildconf* generated_lists Makefile.global README.EXTENSIONS snapshot*
CODING_STANDARDS genfiles* Makefile.objects README.EXT_SKEL stamp-h.in
config.cache header makerpm README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API stub.c
config.guess include/ missing README.QNX tests/
config.log INSTALL mkinstalldirs README.SELF-CONTAINED-EXTENSIONS TODO
config.nice* install-sh modules/ README.STREAMS TODO_SEGFAULTS
config.status* libs/ netware/ README.SUBMITTING_PATCH TSRM/
config.sub libtool* NEWS README.TESTING win32/
configure* LICENSE pear/ README.UNIX-BUILD-SYSTEM Zend/
configure.in ltmain.sh php4.spec README.Zeus

I just wrote the following command to start the program.

The following is the result:

[nik@c83-250-88-159 nik]$ php 4
Status: 404
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.11

No input file specified.
[nik@c83-250-88-159 nik]$


What is the meaning of ' No input file specified' ?

The php binary is an interpreter similar to shell scripts i.e. /bin/bash but uses the php language. An example file is posted below saved with the filename hello
To run the code you would type at the command line
php hello
or if you changed the permissions of the file to be executable
./hello

http://us2.php.net/features.commandline

You can find lots more info by googling.

michaelk, thanks for the repoy

I can write the file you mentionede on the console.

I can use the 'vi wordprocessor' on the console.

Just create a file called ' vi hello' and write the scripts you mentioned.

Where do I save this file? Should be in my home directory? Do I have to log on as a root user to write this file?

Please tell me.

You do not need to log on as root to write this file.

Saving it to your home directory is ok.

Thanks everybody

Now it works and I am gradually learning.