[SC.LUG] updating php

[Nev]

hi

all i've tried is installing an rpm. i wouldnt know how to build from source
(although i've messed around in the past ok) - i cant afford for the sever
to go down, and if it did i wouldnt know how to get it back running again..
i just dont know enough at this point. although i get a certain amount of
support, i'd rather not go down that road to start with. :)
i do (as instructed by the support guy) 'rpm -U php4.1blah.rpm' and i think
it just returns 'failed on dependancies'.. and lists a load.
i cant find anything on the sun site regarding installation of anything
apart from the sun issued patches/updates. but maybe i just dont look in the
right places :s - i tried some packages from pkgmaster.com, however there
was no documentation etc... once the pkg was installed ok.. i didnt know how
to configure etc.. so they didnt work any way :p lol! so off they came
again.

cheers

nev
nantwich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Roffe" <aroffe@its-linux.co.uk>
To: <sc@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] updating php


> On Wednesday 28 May 2003 6:15 pm, Nev wrote:
>
> Hey Nev,
>
> Raq's are a little bit fickle with this kind of thing. I would suggest
looking
> at the cobalt/sun support site and see if they have built an updated php
> for the 550. The main reason for this (and I prepare to stand corrected
> becuase its been a while since I played with a raq) that although the dist
is
> probably redhat, cobalt make a lot of modifications to the system.
>
> You don't say at what point things are going wrong.
> Are you installing an rpm or building source. If building from source
> are things failing with ./configure or somewhere else.
>
> I'll try to give you a few pointers but be careful, these things are not
very
> standard. Not such a bad thing in itself but unless you have the
> documentation you'll be stuck hunting for things.
>
> regards
> Andy Roffe
>
> iTS-LiNUX Ltd
> Crewe
>
>