Hi! I'd like to get myself a new version of apache and php but don't know how to compile and install it. Is it a difficult thing or rather easy? Are there some docs for it somewhere? I wouldn't like to crash my running system. Any help much appreciated. Jens

I think that best docs for installing php/apache are in the php source directory. The file INSTALL has detailed instructions on how to compile php for apache as a module or staticly linked. Just download the source for both. Extract them, then follow the INSTALL file.

It's easy...

get the tarballs for both, available at their respective sites, and unpack them both into the /usr/src/ dir and create symlinks like so:

ln -s apache-1.x.xx apache
ln -s php-4.1.xx php

in the apache src dir:

./configure --prefix=/your/apache/path
(my apache path is /usr/local/apache) but it can be whatever you want

then cd into your php src dir (/usr/src/php) and do this:

./configure --with-apache=/usr/src/apache \
--enable-track-vars \
--with-zlib

there are also some additional steps you'll want to take if you compile apache with mysql (which i highly recommend). now do the following:

make
make install
cd ../apache
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
--activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.module
make
make install

now you should be ready to run apache with php. there are some various issues i ran into (like the php module not being in the httpd.conf file, which you may need to add). plus errors when i tried to build apache with php. this can get pretty in depth though, so i'll refer you to this site which should be able to walk you through the rest:

http://www.rocketry.org/~tim/tutorials/mysql.php

good luck! :-)

you're great! thanks a lot

heh... no problem. i was a little bored at work. :-)