PHP in Linux equivalent of Program Files and System32

anjanesh · 11-13-2004, 03:40 AM

Getting used to FC2 now.
I downloaded php.tar.gz and now I want to know where should I extract the files to ?
For Windows 2003, I had it in C:\Program File\PHP and the php4ts.dll in C:\Windows\System32. Whats the equivalent for that in FC2 or Linux for that matter.

Ok. We can extract to anywhere - even in Windows its no prob - but I would like to have it in the common place like C:\Program Files - so where do these go in Linux ?
Thanks

paulsm4 · 11-13-2004, 11:58 AM

Try this:

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

When building a package from source, I usually just run "./configure" and "make install" and let the package install itself where ever it wants (typically, into /usr/local).

When I install a "package", I tend to install it into /opt.

And finally, on my SuSE Linux, PHP happens to be installed here:

/usr/local/bin/php
/usr/local/lib/php
/usr/local/include/php

Hope that helps .. PSM

anjanesh · 11-13-2004, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by paulsm4

When building a package from source, I usually just run "./configure" and "make install" and let the package install itself where ever it wants (typically, into /usr/local).

What do you mean building from source - compiling the source ? Isnt it just possible to extract and specify that location in httpd.conf as I did in Windows ?

masand · 11-13-2004, 10:15 PM

hi there

FC2 has PHP packae with it
why don't u use that itself???

regards

anjanesh · 11-13-2004, 10:46 PM

Alright. In that case where has is been installed to ? I need to know because I got to do this in Apache's httpd.conf file :
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Also I'll need to overwrite the old php folder with php's content.

masand · 11-13-2004, 10:52 PM

hi there

wait a sec....
which httpd.conf file are u referring to???

try referring to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file
it maks the entries there by default

also install the rpm package for php the packages required that get my php running are

[root@gaurav root]# rpm -qa|grep php
php-pear-4.3.4-11
php-4.3.4-11
php-ldap-4.3.4-11

see that u have theese installed, or intall them from ur distro CD, u may not require all these

regards

anjanesh · 11-13-2004, 11:43 PM

In Windows I just had to add
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
in the httpd.conf file. I thought similarly in Linux - /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.
Because there is no keyword "php" in this file !

masand · 11-13-2004, 11:53 PM

hi there

i made no changes to my httpd.conf file to run php , just the php packages that came with the Distro

regards

anjanesh · 11-14-2004, 01:24 AM

Yes. PHP must have come with FC2 - but I bet its ver4 - So I want to replace that directory with vers 5