[nissanka@c83-250-111-43 ~]$ locate php

I wrote the above command as I suspected that 'PHP' is installed on my system by default.

The following is the output. Does it mean that 'PHP' is already inside? If so, how can I start it.



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/home/nissanka/Documents/sendmail.php
/home/nissanka/.kde/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php
/usr/share/doc/lib64idn11-0.5.18/contrib/web/idn.php
/usr/share/doc/libidn11-0.5.18/contrib/web/idn.php
/usr/share/vim/ftplugin/php.vim
/usr/share/vim/indent/php.vim
/usr/share/vim/syntax/php.vim
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/phppg.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/mimetypes/source_php.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/phppg.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/mimetypes/source_php.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/phppg.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/mimetypes/source_php.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/apps/phppg.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/mimetypes/source_php.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/64x64/apps/phppg.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/64x64/mimetypes/source_php.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/scalable/mimetypes/source_php.svgz
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.png
/usr/share/icons/HighContrastLargePrint/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.png
/usr/share/icons/HighContrastLargePrintInverse/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.png
/usr/share/icons/LowContrastLargePrint/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.png
/usr/share/icons/Gorilla/scalable/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.svg
/usr/share/icons/Lush/scalable/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.svg
/usr/share/icons/Wasp/scalable/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-php.svg
/usr/share/icons/mono/scalable/apps/phppg.svgz
/usr/share/icons/mono/scalable/mimetypes/php.svgz
/usr/share/icons/mono/scalable/mimetypes/source_php.svgz
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/css-php.xml
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/html-php.xml
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/javascript-php.xml
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/php.xml
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/bcompiler.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/apache.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/apd.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/array.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/aspell.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/bc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/calendar.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/bzip2.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/classkit.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ccvs.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/objaggregation.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/classobj.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/com.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/cpdf.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/crack.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ctype.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/curl.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/cybercash.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/cybermut.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/cyrus.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/datetime.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dba.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dbase.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dbm.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dbplus.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dbx.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/description.rc
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dio.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dir.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dom.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/domxml.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/dotnet.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/errorfunc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/exec.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/exif.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/fam.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/fbsql.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/fdf.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/filepro.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/filesystem.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/fribidi.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ftp.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/funchand.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/gettext.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/gmp.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/http.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/hw.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/hwapi.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/hyperwave.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ibase.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/icap.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/iconv.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/id3.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ifx.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/iisfunc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/image.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/imap.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/info.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ingres-ii.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ircg.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/java.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ldap.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/lzf.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mail.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mailparse.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/math.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mbstring.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mcal.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mcrypt.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mcve.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/memcache.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mhash.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mime_magic.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ming.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/misc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mnogosearch.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/msession.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/msql.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mssql.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/muscat.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mysql.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/mysqli.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ncurses.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/network.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/nis.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/notes.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/nsapi.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/outcontrol.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/oci8.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/odbc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/openal.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/openssl.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/oracle.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/overload.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/ovrimos.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/parsekit.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pcntl.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pcre.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pdf.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pfpro.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pgsql.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/posix.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/printer.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/pspell.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/qtdom.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/rar.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/readline.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/recode.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/regex.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/sem.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/sesam.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/session.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/shmop.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/simplexml.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/snmp.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/soap.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/sockets.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/spl.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/sqlite.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/stream.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/strings.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/swf.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/sybase.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/tcpwrap.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/tidy.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/tokenizer.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/uodbc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/url.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/var.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/vpopmail.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/w32api.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/wddx.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xattr.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xdiff.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xml.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xmlrpc.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xsl.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/xslt.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/yaz.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/zip.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/zlib.tag
/usr/share/apps/quanta/templates/pages/php
/usr/share/apps/quanta/templates/pages/php/demo.php
/usr/share/apps/quanta/templates/scripts/php
/usr/share/apps/quanta/templates/scripts/php/demo.php
/usr/share/apps/templates/text/scripts/demo.php
/usr/share/apps/kafkapart/pics/php.png
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-php.desktop
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/confused.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/biggrin.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/devil.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/cry.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/emoticons.xml
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/oh.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/smile.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/sunglasses.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/tongue.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/unhappy.png
/usr/share/emoticons/phpBB/wink.png
/usr/share/services/searchproviders/php.desktop
/usr/share/mime/application/x-php.xml
/usr/share/cups/model/tektronix/tkphpxi1.ppd.gz
/usr/share/gtksourceview-1.0/language-specs/php.lang
/usr/share/mc/syntax/php.syntax
/usr/share/screem/tagtrees/funcref_php.tagtree
/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/fakephp.ko.gz
[nissanka@c83-250-111-43 ~]$

Doesn't look like it is installed, and I would be awfully surprised to find it installed by default. It normally is installed to /usr/bin/php or /usr/local/bin/php. Try "which php" instead of "locate php".

Thanks zaichik for the comments.
You know this is a hell for me. My new computer is a 64 bit one; so when I download a program it should be a 64 bit version.

I went to the php's homepage and looked for a 64 bit version. They don't mention the words '64 bit version'. That is why I say that this is a hell for me.

I just downloaded the following program.
PHP 4.4.2 (tar.gz) [5,333Kb] - 13 Jan 2006
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Is the above correct program?

............................................................................

I expanded it.
tar -xvvzf php-4.4.2.tar.gz [ It worked fine.]
It created the following folder:

php-4.4.2/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]# ls
acconfig.h ext/ Makefile.global README.EXT_SKEL server-tests.php*
acconfig.h.in EXTENSIONS makerpm README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API snapshot*
acinclude.m4 footer missing README.QNX stamp-h.in
aclocal.m4 generated_lists mkinstalldirs README.SELF-CONTAINED-EXTENSIONS stub.c
build/ genfiles* netware/ README.STREAMS tests/
buildconf* header NEWS README.SUBMITTING_PATCH TODO
CODING_STANDARDS INSTALL pear/ README.TESTING TODO_SEGFAULTS
config.guess install-sh php4.spec.in README.UNIX-BUILD-SYSTEM TSRM/
config.sub LICENSE php.gif README.Zeus win32/
configure* ltmain.sh php.ini-dist regex/ Zend/
configure.in main/ php.ini-recommended run-tests.php*
CREDITS makedist* README.CVS-RULES sapi/
cvsclean* Makefile.frag README.EXTENSIONS scripts/
[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]#

How can I proceed to install the program?

I used the command '' ./configure "" and it worked.

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[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]# ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for AIX... no
checking if compiler supports -R... no
checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes
checking for re2c... exit 0;
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parsers.
checking for flex... lex
checking for yywrap in -ll... no
checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 2540: lex: command not found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up
[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]#
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

However, the commands '' make '' and '' make install '' didn't work

[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]# make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
[root@c83-250-111-43 php-4.4.2]#

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What is the problem?

No, it didn't work.

Any reason you want to compile php yourself rather than installing the rpm from the mandriva repository via urpmi or whatever package manager you use?

Thanks for the comment demian. I am a novice to urpmi installations.

Please tell me how to do it. Do I have the proper program, in first place? My Mandriva is a 64 bit version

I've never used mandriva. However, I know how to use google:
http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/index.php/SysAdmin/Urpmi

Thanks demian.
I looked at the site you mentioned.

The following is the command.
urpmi --keep xxx.rpm [ Is this correct?]

However, there should be a '' .rpm '' file.

The file is a tarball. The site doesn't have a '' .rpm '' file.

What shall I do?

The idea is that you use a package manager (urpmi or a front-end to it) to download and install the software from some repository. That way you don't have to go and hunt for the package itself + it will install all software the package you actually want depends upon.

As I said, I don't use mandriva but I'd be very surprised if this machanism isn't already setup and working. There's a control center or something that will give you the option to install software. Use it.

And also try this google thing, it's really cool:
http://www.marcelgagne.com/urpmi_install.html

Yes, there is a repository on Mandriva. I just clicked and installed PHP. It asked me to insert the CD.

Now, how do I check whether PHP is on my system?

I installed even '' apache ''. So both are up and running. How do I check whether they are on my system.

I just want to check. I installed ' mysql' for Linux almost 48 hours ago. It works fine.

I need your help to check 'PHP' and 'Apache' .

I installed even '' apache ''. So both are up and running. How do I check whether they are on my system.

I just want to check. I installed ' mysql' for Linux almost 48 hours ago. It works fine.

I need your help to check 'PHP' and 'Apache' .

Sorry for the double posting. I don't know how to remove it. I in vain tried remove it.

I urge someone to look at this and help me.

How can I start the PHP? I installed it successfully. Not only the PHP but also the Apache were installed.

Please tell me how to activate or rather start PHP.

Not sure what you mean by "start" PHP. Normally you just call a script from the command line or from a web page and the PHP engine takes over.

What do you get from the command line you enter the command

php -i