[TriLUG] what is this stuff?

[jason watts]

so, should i install the rpm's from the cd and have it more intergrated?

or should i go from the source and have more uptodate stuff?



>From: "Marc Wiatrowski" <wia at iglass.net>
>Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
>To: "'Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list'" <trilug at trilug.org>
>Subject: RE: [TriLUG] what is this stuff?
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:13:15 -0400
>
>If you compiled the apache source yourself the default install
>location for everything is below /usr/local/apache2. The document
>root (where all the html files go) is then /usr/local/apache2/htdocs,
>the httpd executable would be in /usr/local/apache2/bin, logs in
>/usr/local/apache2/logs.
>
>If RedHat's (or CentOS's) packaged rpm for apache was installed
>its more integrated into the rest of the system as opposed to
>isolated in /usr/local.  The document root is /var/www/html,
>httpd is put in /usr/sbin/, and logs in /var/log/httpd
>
>So it looks like you have CentOS's apache installed, probability
>from when you first setup the system.
>
>Mysql is going to be similar depending on if you installed from
>source or the rpm.
>
>marc
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org
> > [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of jason watts
> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:36 PM
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: [TriLUG] what is this stuff?
> >
> > ok, paying attention to the book i am reading, php and mysql
> >
> > it has me setting up my enviornment installing mysql, php and
> > appache 2
> >
> > appache 2 and php is there from my former workings on the
> > computer, or the
> > original install
> >
> > the book said appache should be in ./usr/local/apache2
> > also says if i had mysql installed, it would be in the same place,
> > ../usr/local/mysql
> >
> > it also says that the root directory for apache is in
> > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
> >
> > on my system, the root directory for apache is in /var/www/html
> >
> > and as far as for apache, i ran find . -name httpd and came
> > up with several
> > things
> >
> > [root at localhost /]# find . -name httpd
> > ../etc/sysconfig/httpd
> > ../etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
> > ../etc/logrotate.d/httpd
> > ../etc/httpd
> > ../usr/lib/httpd
> > ../usr/sbin/httpd
> > ../var/lock/subsys/httpd
> > ../var/log/httpd
> >
> >
> > my question is, which of these is the directory i need?
> >
> > what do these and some of the other ones not listed usually
> > used for? (eg,
> > what is var usr etc dev lib proc srv )
> >
> > and, where is it recomended to install my apache and mysql too?
> >
> > sorry for all the questions of late, just trying to acutally make my
> > computers do things now
> >
> > jsn
>
>
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